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"Adam MacIsaac" [ Profil ] |
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May Update: UNDP Youth Climate Change Project
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May 19th, 2008 - 15:25:39 |
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Hello United Nations Development Programe Youth Climate Change Project
Members,
I just wanted to let everyone know that we have been having a growing
interest in video submissions and there are individuals, teams and
organizations who are currently working on videos for the project. I just
wanted to share again the Key Messages from the United Nations Human
Development Report which are the main points for video submissions;
1. Climate Change - its effect on People: We've had the UN scientists'
report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); we've had
the report on its economic impact in the Stern Report. This Human
Development Report is about people and how we are all affected by climate
change.
2. The poor suffer most from Climate Change - and will suffer more: Given
that 2.6 billion live in poverty, unable to meet their basic needs, these
people are likely to be the first to face the impacts of dangerous climate
change and suffer human development reversals. The Report tells that the
poor are already suffering, and will suffer more, as a result of climate
change. But we will all suffer later. In fact, some rich countries are
already seeing the impacts of climate change and are dealing with its
consequences. If we do not avoid dangerous climate change, the consequences
will be more severe and widespread.
3. Urgency: The Report argues that climate change needs urgent action:
today we are living with what we did yesterday; tomorrow we will all live
with what we do today. We need to take action now.
4. Climate change - a serious threat to our ability to meet the MDGs: -
we depend on our world's eco- systems for water, for agriculture, for our
industries, our livelihoods and many other aspects of our life - climate
change poses a serious threat to our ability to meet the eight Millennium
Development Goals especially as it is the poor who are already seeing its
impacts.
5. Climate change - an immense threat to Human Rights: The UN Universal
Declaration of Human Rights talks of the inalienable rights of the human
family to "freedom, justice and peace". Climate change is an immense threat
to those rights. Yet it is also a reminder that we are a single,
interdependent human family sharing a common home on Planet Earth. The UN
has a key role in the discussion, and the action, on climate change to
protect human rights.
6. Both Mitigation and Adaptation needed: Mitigation means taking action
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid more climate change. It is about
transforming the way that countries produce and use energy and changing
industry and activities to reduce or eliminate emissions. Adaptation is the
way people respond to new or changed conditions in climate, such as more
droughts, flooding or severe storms. It means adapting our current and
future lifestyles, towns, cities, infrastructure - everything! - to take
account of climate change. The report states that both actions need to be
taken to fight climate change and the threats it poses to humanity.
7. UN is well-placed to give Leadership: Climate change is exactly the
kind of global challenge that the UN was set up to address. The
Secretary-General has made it his personal priority to work with Member
States to ensure that the United Nations takes effective leadership in the
fight against climate change.
Of course you can read the full report, on the UNDP website:
http://hdr.undp.org - you can also download the full report to take along
with you as well.
I hope that everyone is doing well, and anyone can feel free to inform
others on the work that you are doing and any resources that you find
educational and important to this project.
Talk to everyone soon,
Adam MacIsaac
Media Coordinator
UNDP Youth Climate Change Project
www.peacechild.org/climate
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