International Youth Climate Movement
Official International Youth Climate Movement logo
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| Abbreviation | IYCM |
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| Formation | December 2005 |
| Type | International Coalition of Charitable Organizations & Individuals |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Youth representation, climate change advocacy |
| Headquarters | None |
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Region served
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 Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Membership
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Open to all youth worldwide active in stopping climate change |
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Official language
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Over 50. Common communication language is UK English. |
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Key people
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Sébastien Duyck, Wilson Ang, Kyle Gracey, Anna Keenan, Caroline Howe, Matt Maiorana, Amber Church, Michael Gale |
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Main organ
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Bottomlining Team - Main coordination entity, no decisionmaking power |
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Parent organization
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None |
| Affiliations | Climate Action Network - International, Global Campaign for Climate Action, Unite for Climate. |
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Staff
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0, historically up to 6 |
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Volunteers
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about 50 |
| Website | Youthclimate.org |
The Youth Climate Movement (YouNGO) or International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) refers to an international network of youth organisations that collectively aims to inspire, empower and mobilise a generational movement of young people to take positive action on climate change.
Since the Rio Earth Summitt in 1992, individual youth have been participating in international negotiations related to different environmental and sustainable development issues. With the formation of the European Youth Forum in 1996, and the U.S. youth organization SustainUS in 2001, youth-run organizations began to send delegations of youth to actively participation in these various worldwide negotiations, principally through the United Nations. Individual youth had been participating in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and with the new level of youth organization participation in international negotiations, youth organizations began to identify the UN climate negotiations as a new forum to increase youth participation in.
From November 28 to December 9, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Convention (COP 11 or COP/MOP 1) took place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Youth delegations from member nations, including the United States (via SustainUS), Canada, and Australia, attended, to advocate on behalf of young people. As a result, the concept of the International Youth Climate Movement was first developed, though it was originally referred to as the International Youth Delegation, referring to the youth delegates at the international climate negotiations.
Following on from this in September 2006, the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition was launched, consisting of 48 youth organisations from across the nation. This was soon followed by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition in November, which itself was a coalition of 27 youth organisations from across Australia.
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