Andean youth from Cusco, Peru have much to share about their experiences of climate change affecting their biocultural systems in the Potato Park of Pisac, Cusco, Peru, in the same way that youth from Dedham, Massachusetts, United States are eager to share how they too are seeking climate change solutions within their community.
Uniting through collaborative dialogue to develop strength and power for creating climate change solutions, these two groups of young people will engage in a conversation on the 24th of October 2009 at 12:30 pm Peruvian time. The conversation is part of youth climate action for the International Day of Action on Climate Change. A series of conversations have been planed with a forward glance on the 15th COP of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark next December 2009.
The objectives of the conversation is to analyze the impacts of climate change on youth and to catalyze the actions of young people, while promoting creative new ideas and strengthening respect for Pacha Mama (Mother Earth).
The international Indigenous Peoples' Climate Change Assessment Initiative (IPCC), Association ANDES and the communities of the Potato Park are responsible for organizing the local end of this open-ended conversation and will facilitate a videoconference between the groups from its headquarters in Cusco, at 12:30 p.m. on 24 October. The Potato Park youth are part of a team that is facilitating an indigenous climate change assessment in their biocultural territory (please visit:http://www.ipcca.net). Creating a space for sharing knowledge and experiences among young people from around the world will help to demonstrate that the actions of youth can provide significant benefits for the socio-economic and environmental welfare of their nations, while strengthening each group's own actions to maintain their local livelihoods and environments.
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