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Birth Of
AYCC
Climate change has long-since ceased to
be a scientific curiosity, and is no longer just one of
many environmental and regulatory concerns. It is the
major, overriding environmental issue of our time, and
the single greatest challenge facing environmental
regulators. It is a growing crisis with economic, health
and safety, food production, security, and other
dimensions. The news to date is bad and getting worse.
The participants of the “Youth Training Workshop on
Climate Change” and the interfaith consultation
organized by Asian Resource Foundation (ARF) from 14
Asia Pacific countries namely Australia, Bangladesh,
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka and
Thailand converged in Bangkok, Thailand during 28-30
September to discuss issues of climate change. They
recognized that there is great urgency to take concrete
actions to address the causes and consequences of this
phenomenon. The Asia Pacific region contains some of the
most vulnerable countries to the impact of climate
change due to the presence of low-lying islands, the
Hindukush Himalayan range, poverty, lack of awareness,
knowledge and education, and weak government policies.
Commitment
As youths from
these countries, we express our commitment to and
solidaritywith the on-going global movement responding
to climate change. As part ofthis commitment, we declare
our willingness to take the following actions:
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- To establish and expand this youth network to
regional and local lr home countries
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- To evolve our behaviors, morality, and life-style
to promote low-carbon practices.
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- To conduct programs to increase mitigation,
resilience and adaptation capacity among the people
most vulnerable to the consequences of climate change
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- To lobby and pressurize national governments to
institute regulations that ensure socially responsible
practices by polluting industries and to develop
policies to promote green
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Effect of Climate Change on
Agriculture |
Flood
in Cagayan |
Effects of
Flood |
The
Wrath of Typhoon
Ondoy | |