YECAP
CLIMATE ACTION WEEK
YECAP Climate Action Week 2023
Date: 16-20 March 2023
Organizers: Organized by YECAP Fellows from the third Cohort with the support of the YECAP Action Committee including all YECAP Co-conveners to introduce knowledge, tools and guidance to take further climate action in locally rooted communities and to connect youth individuals and communities across Asia and the Pacific.
Objectives:
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Engage in meaningful conversations with experts from the climate fields;
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Address the climate change reality that affects and threatens the future;
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Address the local initiatives and effective partnerships in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels in Asia and the Pacific;
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Bring in diverse perspectives of people from vulnerable communities, including indigenous peoples;
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Introduce the Road to 10th APFSD: Regional Dialogue on Youth Empowerment in Climate Action.
Delegates: Over 500 participants throughout the week
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Young climate activists and professionals, from backgrounds including research, nonprofit, science-policy interface, and policy
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Other Youth Networks focusing on issues of climate change, biodiversity, energy, and oceans; minorities, gender issues, disabilities, economy and finance, media and others that are relevant to climate change issues
Speakers: Over 20 speakers from Asia and the Pacific
YECAP Climate Action Week 2022
Date: 16-20 March 2022
Organizers: Organized by YECAP Fellows by engaging young people with the support from the YECAP Action Committee including all YECAP Co-conveners to introduce knowledge, tools and guidance to take climate action in locally rooted communities and to connect youth individuals and communities across Asia and the Pacific.
Objectives:
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Engage in meaningful conversations with experts from the fields of sustainable energy, climate change research, impact evaluation;
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Address the climate change reality that affects and threatens the futures to young environmental human rights activists;
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Bring in the diverse perspectives of people from vulnerable communities, including Indigenous peoples; and
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Introduce the Road to Stockholm+50 Regional Dialogue on Youth Empowerment in Climate Action.
Delegates: Over 500 participants throughout the week
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Young climate activists and professionals, from backgrounds including research, nonprofit, science-policy interface, and policy
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Other Youth Networks focusing on issues of climate change, biodiversity, energy, and oceans; minorities, gender issues, disabilities, economy and finance, media and others that are relevant to climate change issues
Speakers: Over 20 speakers from Asia and the Pacific
