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The Youth Led Statement on Climate Change/A Call To Action By African Youth

As young people, we call upon our leaders in Durban, South Africa to acknowledge our voice and giveserious thought on the myriad devastation affecting humanity which are directly linked to Climate Changeand global warming.

Although we are individuals from diverse backgrounds, variant ideals and irreconcilable differences offaith,.Our faith obligates us to care for the earth and to attend to those who are in need and as representativesof the youth constituency both in our individual countries and globally, we call on you to take heed ofthefollowing and act effectively.

To help us understand knowledge to climate change...

We ask that all people are educated on climate change to give them the knowledge that they need toengage with strategy and policy making, and that knowledge and good practices developed locally areshared and fed into government strategy and policies for adaptation

To help mitigate climate change...

As a growing number of your constituents, we are ready, willing and able to do our part in mitigating theeffects of climate change and are calling on you to lead us in immediate action.

To drive these changes, we want to see stronger policy incentives for sustainable practices.We also demand a fair global deal with developed countries taking the lead in responsibility.

To help us Manage our Ecosystem...They should be empowered to maintain ecosystems and bio diversity and to share resources among theircommunities, so they are able to work together on the ground.

TO Increase access to Finance

We demand anadequate and accessible finance for adaptation in Africa.Such finance could

come from historically polluting nations in recognition of their ecological debt and be additionalto existing development aid,governed inclusively and equitably under the United Nations.

To build our future(A call from the African youth population ready to build a sustainable Africa)Role of Faith Based organizations [G1]We demand that policymakers and everyone need to recognize that faith based organizations are acatalyst for empowerment and delivery. Towards a sustainable climate Change deal.

Proposed format

The African context In the face of climate changeThe negotiationsWhat BAD negotiations mean for Africa, especially youth who are over 50% of thepopulationWhat youth are doing and requesting under the Banner of We have faith Campaign

[G1]We can include the role of the different groups.

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We need to highlight success storie from Africa and for the purposes of the COP highlight the3key demands we want the COP process to meet.These are:

Commit to a fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement and to a second commitment periodfor the Kyoto Protocol to ensure the survival of coming generations.

Set clear short and long term targets for carbon emission reductions that keep average globaltemperature increases well below 1.5degrees centigrade, and to support solutions thatcontribute to healing the earth.Ensure there is adequate finance for adaptation in Africa.Such finance should come fromhistorically polluting nations in recognition of their ecological debt and be additional to existingdevelopment aid,governed inclusively and equitably under the United Nations.

***On the religious groups, I think the best approach is to laud their efforts and mention that wehope and believe that leaders will hearken to the ethical and moral voices.