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Decarbonize Global Youth White Paper 2019

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"It's time for youth to have their say. Speak up, speak out, speak now!" ~ Elliot Gram, Australia Representation of those living within developing nations is very important, as they will be greatly impacted by certain aspects of and solutions to the climate emergency. We believe that representation of different parties is vital when looking for solutions to issues surrounding the climate crisis. Furthermore, developed nations can help provide solutions to the problems that developing countries face by providing resources, technology, financial aid, and other outreach. "Developing countries, places with widespread poverty, and countries with ineffective governments sometimes face the gravest risks from the changing climate, and are usually poorly equipped to find ways to prepare for and prevent environmental threats." Hanae Quazzani, student, Morocco The knowledge and voices of Indigenous people are critically underrepresented when it comes to climate crisis, even though they are among the most affected by the issue. To increase representation of Indigenous peoples, governments should set minimum targets on the inclusion of community members in local, regional, national, and international dialogues about actions that are to be taken to address the climate crisis. Local land-based and traditional solutions need to be heard and considered alongside scientific processes and solutions. We know the strength in a diversity of voices and thoughts; we need to see hard targets on inclusion and representation to ensure it is happening. We are committed to working towards our goals. We are commit to educating other youth about how they can make their voices heard. Youth do not currently have guaranteed representation when it comes to government affairs, and we must start by making our voices heard in every way possible. We commit to joining more organizations which promote youth voices. This will unify us so that, together, we can Page 15

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