UK Youth Climate Coalition

The UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC) is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom. The coalition consists of several other youth organisations, which includes the National Union of Students, the National Trust's You, Me & The Climate (YOMAC) and the UK Youth Parliament. The charity aims to encourage young people to take action on climate change. Internationally, the coalition is part of the Global Youth Climate Movement.

History

In June 2008, the United Kingdom ambassadors to the WWF's Voyage for the Future programme, Emma Biermann and Casper ter Kuile, returned from the Arctic to found the UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC).

Campaigns

In December 2008, the coalition participated in the National Climate March organised by the Campaign against Climate Change, with a campaign called "Our time is now" to raise awareness amongst young people.

In 2008, the Coalition organised a youth delegation to the 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference to advocate on behalf of young people. At the event, the delegation coordinated the 'Call Gordon' project, a viral telephone campaign asking Prime Minister Gordon Brown to pursue a tougher agreement on climate change at the talks. Similarly in December 2009, the organisation will send a second youth delegation to the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference along with other members of the Youth Climate Movement.

On the 9th-12th October 2009, the UK version of Power Shift will be held at the Institute of Education in London. The event is a summit that intends to develop the youth climate movement. The event is modelled on a similar event to one organised by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and carries the same name as the Energy Action Coalition event in the USA.

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