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Objective: lowering the barriers to youth engagement in climate policy

Creating easy and fun-to-read guides to climate & environmental policy documents e.g Peeling Back the COP

Putting climate & environmental policy into the context of young people

Creating interest in young people to learn & contribute to climate policy governance

Leveraging on technology Leveraging on technology & youth movements& youth movements

Youth movements have become a formidable means of engagement for young people

Communications tools are accessible to scores of young people, e.g social media, mailing lists & blogs

Youth networks are the preferred way for youth in the climate movement to consolidate their efforts

We have leveraged on them to crowd source services, such as translation & distribution of the Peeling Back the COP Booklet

Using engaging blog posts and social media to engage more young people in climate policy

Success StoriesSuccess Stories The COP PocketBook is being used to prepare young people in African Youth

Initiative on Climate Change – Kenya for climate policy engagement, especially with regards to National Climate Change Response Strategy, Kenya Climate Change Action Plan, Climate Change Bill & contributing to Kenya’s position paper for UNFCCC COP19

Challenge to Change organization in Vietnam is using COP PocketBook to teach youth on need for engaging in climate policy

A climate journalist in DR Congo, working for Info-Environment, is teaching young people how to effectively engage in climate & environmental governance at the grassroots

More translations in native and local languages being worked on currently, e.g Lingala in DR Congo & Nahuati in Mexico

What Next?What Next?

A Youth Guide to the Green Economy is being worked on currently

Tracking climate policies in Kenya from the county level to the international level in real-time

Getting more young people to research & write about climate change issues and policies, mostly through blog posts and articles

Creating and developing incentivised volunteering in order to encourage more young people to get involved with climate change education

Thank You!!Thank You!!

Wish to engage? Drop us an email at cop.pocketbook@gmail.com

Looking forward to hearing from you!!