Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Dr Colin Young, believes that “young people are going to inherit the most climate unjust planet in the history of mankind”.
He conveyed this position to a group of energetic youths from across the Caribbean who will debate a resolution calling for strong action on climate change and climate justice for Caribbean citizens this Thursday September 23rd.
The special parliament, to be held virtually, is organized by SOLORICON in collaboration with the Caribbean Climate Justice Project and the Caribbean Regional Youth Council (CRYC). The CCCCC is a premium sponsor of the initiative.
During a recent discussion with the debaters, Dr Young, reassured the youth that their voices and opinions are important to policy decision making about climate change, noting that “a lot of the issues we face not only within our countries, but also in the world, are [a result of] policy failures”.
According to Dr Young, some policies and laws have resulted in “a set of actions that are harming the environment, harming humans, harming biodiversity and in this case, causing large amounts of greenhouse gases to enter the atmosphere”.
Recognising the importance of the regional youth parliament, he supported the move to provide the young people with a platform to lend their voices to the climate change debate, “young people who are going to suffer the consequences of these policy failures need to be given a voice to be able to indicate to governments what they feel about what is happening in their countries”.
The virtual conversation with the regional youth provided the opportunity for them to question the CCCCC’s leader on the work of the CCCCC in various areas related to climate change. In specific context to working with the region’s youth, he informed them that “the CCCCC has had a long history of including youth in its climate awareness considerations.
In the past, we have provided scholarships through grants to ensure that young people, young climate technicians, and climate researchers are trained. We continue to provide opportunities for young people to be able to analyze climate data and secure a forum in which to present the data.”
Dr Young promised the youth during their discussions that the CCCCC plans to increase its activities to help them participate in some of the decision-making as it relates to their future.
“In fact”, Dr Young noted, “We jumped at the opportunity to partner with Dr. James Fletcher [of SOLORICON] on this particular initiative, and we also plan to do many more with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN), and in the development of communication products to increase the awareness of youth.”
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The youth will inherit what’s left of the Earth,
Well said!
After 2 years Antigua and beeing a resident in Antigua for 15 years I am back in Germany. The most significant difference I realised straight away is, how little people litter over here and how clean everything is. I don’t get why people treat Antigua like a giant garbage dumpster. All beaches are dirty, every roadside full of litter thrown out of cars etc. If we want to leave a planet for our children, we got to work on our mentality first. Planet earth shouldn’t be treated like a piece of trash – or we won’t deserve it and vanish in a couple of hundred years into nothing. And no God or prayer will help you, because you abused his big present he made to us…
There has been climate changes for decades now.So what the heck is all the fuss about all of a sudden.Back in the 1950’s there were Hurricanes at Category 4 and massive flooding all around the World.Now we have Category 5 Hurricanes and flooding the World is ending. I really wondered who are enriching themselves with that Climate bull crap. Which of those large Corporations getting richer off of this so called Climate Change and laughing their asses to the Banks daily. How many of you remembered a Company by the name of Solyndra. Many of you would not,it lasted but for a miracle minute. They were going to change the World in terms of Climate Resilience by making Solar Panels. They fooled the Obama Administration and got US$535 million in loans from the FEDS. Within a year’s time of getting those monies they filed for BANKRUPTCY. To this day not one person was arrested and or prosecuted for that.Not one damn penny was paid back to this day. That is why I do not trust those wrinkled old ass Politicians inna Corrupted Washington,DC.
They didn’t “fool” Obama. He and them were most likely playing for the same team
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