Thread by @unhabitatyouth

Our Side-Event on #Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity @ #UNGA is about to start.

We titled it "Time for Action: Climate Change & Youth, Peace and Security Nexus".

It will bring together two agendas crucial to the future of our increasingly urban🏙️ , young👦👧, and climate ravaged 🌍.

You can follow the event live on UN WebTV 10 minutes after this tweet is posted.

We will tweet too, and add interesting information and key quotes of our panel and audience to this developing thread.

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA #ClimateChange

webtv.un.org/live-now/watch…

Why should you follow?

We have an excellent set-up!

Our ED @MaimunahSharif , His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway @Kronprinsparet, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @k_satyarthi .

We have @SofieNordvik , Norwegian #UNYouthDelegate to #ClimateSummit2019 , @Shan_Agrwl ...

@MaimunahSharif @Kronprinsparet @k_satyarthi @SofieNordvik @Shan_Agrwl from the Citizens’ Climate Education Resilience Intelligence Fellow, Joseph Robertson @poet_economist Global Strategy Director, Citizens’ Climate Lobby , @Simpson_YPS Director of Interpeace USA, Lucie Leonard from Public Safety Canada, and @rukaya_md from @UN_Women .

@MaimunahSharif @Kronprinsparet @k_satyarthi @SofieNordvik @Shan_Agrwl @poet_economist @Simpson_YPS @rukaya_md @UN_Women His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway:

'Droughts, floods, severe storms. No one needs to explain the consequences of Climate Change to young people. No one needs to explain them the science.' - @Kronprinsparet

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

@MaimunahSharif @Kronprinsparet @k_satyarthi @SofieNordvik @Shan_Agrwl @poet_economist @Simpson_YPS @rukaya_md @UN_Women "Young people cannot be an afterthought. They are not just the citizens of the future.They must be part of the leadership and decision-making process now. (...) This has been recognised in UNSC/R/2250." - @Kronprinsparet

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

"We must recognise that we are all connected to each other and to nature. We must all work together that future generations can experience, enjoy, and prosper from this nature as we have." - @Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN

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@Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN @MaimunahSharif on the nexus between Climate Change and Youth, Peace and Security.

"I feel inspired by the commitments over the last days. But @GretaThunberg 's words on the betrayal of world leaders of her childhood moved me deeply. She is right."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

@Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN @MaimunahSharif @GretaThunberg @MaimunahSharif "We know the science: every half degree of warming matters. We need to act now. (...) The best way to include young people is planning differently. We need a pro-poor planning approach or face them being trapped by #ClimateChange"

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

@Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN @MaimunahSharif @GretaThunberg @MaimunahSharif "Beyond being a poverty-multiplier, #ClimateChange is a thread-multiplier, with the most vulnerable, including children and youth, worst affected"

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

@Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN @MaimunahSharif @GretaThunberg @MaimunahSharif 'Let us join together to implement decisive #ClimateAction in cities now. (...) @UNHABITAT 's Strategic Plan emphasises the critical role Youth has to play in this."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

@Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN @MaimunahSharif @GretaThunberg @UNHABITAT Our UN Director Chris Williams reminding us of @antonioguterres words that we are no longer facing Climate Change, but a Climate Crisis.

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN @MaimunahSharif @GretaThunberg @UNHABITAT @antonioguterres Nobel Peace Laureate @k_satyarthi highlighting the story of a child driven into slavery by #ClimateChange.

Half of child-migrants on the move due to ClimateChange.

Child Rights and Climate Change intrinsically linked.

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Kronprinsparet @NorwayUN @MaimunahSharif @GretaThunberg @UNHABITAT @antonioguterres @k_satyarthi @k_satyarthi on the child-slave's own word: 'My village had a terrible flood where we lost everything, and a trafficking came to my father, who had lost everything, to give his daughter a good life.'

We need to create a culture of respect for the
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#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

@k_satyarthi All faith-leaders need to come together to work together on the #ClimateCrisis.

It is not just political, social, or economic action. We are all responsible.

Youth should take the lead to create this culture and drive action.

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity

@k_satyarthi @k_satyarthi we must all take responsibility to protect the birth-right of every child to a clean environment.

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@k_satyarthi @NorwayUN

#UNYouthDelegate @SofieNordvik

'The world would be different if young people were in charge. If the 4M #FridaysForFuture strikers would have political power instead of having to march.'

Instead of asking for power, we realised we need to march.

@k_satyarthi @NorwayUN @SofieNordvik @SofieNordvik

Highlights the issue of Finance and #ClimateChange. "This is about people. About boys and girls living in crises, war, with different realities when Climate Change will stop their opportunities to stay where they live."

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@k_satyarthi @NorwayUN @SofieNordvik @sofienordvik

'We don't have a choice. You have heard this before. You know this. We need to fix this together. I will not be part of a solution where all the blame is put on you, and all the action falls on me. We need to work together...

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@k_satyarthi @NorwayUN @SofieNordvik ... all genders, indigenous people, people in low-lying island states.

I need you to act as if young people were in charge. For adaption, mitigation, for doing what we have been speaking about here.
@SofieNordvik
#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@k_satyarthi @NorwayUN @SofieNordvik @Shan_Agrwl

Thanks @UNHABITAT and @NobelPeaceOslo for bringing us together.

"If you cannot increase our sphere of concern, then increase your sphere of influence."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl

'My childhood memory of running with my brothers and grandfather ended because average temperatures in India rose. Millions in Northern India like him became incapable to step outside because of #ClimateChange.'

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl

"What happens when extreme weather events become more common, complex, harder to solve? Are we looking at complete breakdown of societal structures that assure peace and security?"

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl

"Will it mean survival of the fittest becomes the norm? What about women and children? What about regional security and peace? I don't want to talk about risks. We know the risks, I want to talk about #ClimateAction."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl

"Most developing countries don't have the financial capacity to face #ClimateChange. We need to see all finance as #ClimateFinance . We need to look at the impact of finance, of every dollar, and how it impacts ecosystems."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl @Shan_Agrwl

"We need to change how we look at #ClimateInvestments. All risks, economic, social, political all relate to #ClimateRisks and the #SDGs. The 2017 Hurricane Season was the costliest on record, interrupting supply chains, industries

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl @Shan_Agrwl

"There is a high degree of entanglement between #ClimateRisks and what we value within society, be it monetary or otherwise. From the melting glaciers in Greenland to the burning Amazon: ...

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl

"... Climate activists like me and you, we can not all be a spark, we need to be a flame and extend our sphere of influence, not just concern."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl So many politicians are congratulating themselves for their achievements, but as @sofienordvik said: we don't have time. The effects of #ClimateChange are conflict over resources, but that's just a headline.

It's about personal tragedies...

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Shan_Agrwl @SofieNordvik @poet_economist

"Harm is falling on people who didn't create the problem. #ClimateChange is a problem of justice. The question is whether we can bounce back from shock-events when increasingly, developing countries struggle."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@poet_economist

"We owe it to young people to work as if they were in charge. We should work in service of the future generations. That is what our governments say they are for."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@poet_economist @poet_economist

"We need to recognise #ClimateStability as a #HumanRight. As a thread to international peace. We need to operationalise our concern. We need to assist people displaced by CC as having a right to a homeland."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@poet_economist

'We need to rethink finance. Carbon-footprints and transparency for people to be able to make better choices. We need to insure women and girls worldwide equally partake in decision-making and labour-market participation.'

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@poet_economist @Simpson_YPS

"The triangulation between Youth, Climate and Conflict. I come to this as Lead Author on the study on Youth as the Missing Peace. Youth articulate so many of the critical issues we point to as the issue of climate."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS

'They articulate their frustration at the violence of their exclusion.'

Quotes: "Young people, you should not trust us. We have blown it"

"Young people have so often been seen as threatening or a problem. The protests show...

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS

"young people are active Change Agents. We should not treat young people as a problem, but an asset. We need investment into the resourcefulness of young people, which is nowhere more important than ClimateAction."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS

"Resilience is too easy as a word to look at the resourcefulness of those most vulnerable as inspiring. We need to move to *transformative resilience* and not just adaptation and mitigation."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@poet_economist @Simpson_YPS

"We must look at political inclusion, gender-based exclusion, and see it as integrated problem and not in piecemeal fashion."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS

"ClimateChange will drive patterns of urbanisation that changes how conflict plays out, and we need to understand this with nuance." We cannot talk only about looming extremism. Simplistic and overlooks realities.

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS

"We face ClimateApartheid: those with power and wealth believe they can insulate themselves from the effects of ClimateChange. Young people are saying we will not be left behind. We cannot allow for continued exclusion."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS @Simpson_YPS

'Young people marching is a claiming of political space."

(Google Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security to learn more!)

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS Lucie Leonard from Public Safety Canada

"In Canada, our PM is the only PM in the world responsible for Youth. Canada is dedicated to continue in partnership with @UNHABITAT in implementing #Agenda2030 and build on Youth-strength to build...

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS @UNHABITAT Lucie Leonard:

"resiliency and participation. We have very isolated communities: it is important to do wide outreach, integrated solutions to link poverty, education, and security. It took us 20 years to integrate security and development...

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@Simpson_YPS @UNHABITAT Lucie Leonard from Public Safety Canada

"We need to give Youth the space to participate in decision-making. They are equal partners. This is not taken seriously by the bureaucracy, but it is here to stay."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA

@rukaya_md

"In fragile and conflict affected contexts, #ClimateChange increases the vulnerability of women and young girls. They are not waiting for action, they drive it from a grassroots level to international policy levels."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA2019

@rukaya_md @rukaya_md

'Women are mediating conflicts at local levels, fight deforestation, lead climate strikes, and help mobilising millions around the world. This is how powerful Youth can be in driving action.'

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA2019 #UNGA

@rukaya_md

'Beside the peace-dividend, there is an economic rational for Climate Action. We need to incorporate Youth and Gender-perspectives in projects and funding-mechanisms, bolstering Youth's ability to hold governments accountable.'

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA2019

@rukaya_md @UNMGCY (UN Major Group of Children and Youth)

"We are extremely concerned by the situation we are places in. CC is increasing the frequency and severity of risks we face. Urban Youth are made more vulnerable and put at risk."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA2019 #UNGA

@UNMGCY

"Climate Change is not 'nice to have'. We want Youth's voice to be included in projects and plans. We want governments to fight CC and not one another. We need peace between the people and the planet."

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA2019 #UNGA

@UNMGCY Chris Williams @UNHABITAT :

"We have done a lot to give more voice and agency to Youth in the agency, but we have much further to go"

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA2019

@Kronprinsparet 'What every single one of you does makes a real difference. I want you to talk about the #SDGs and get us to action to leave a better world for the children of tomorrow'.

#Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity #UNGA2019 #UNGA

@Kronprinsparet It's a wrap!

As Chris Williams said: special thanks to @Kronprinsparet who stayed the entirety of the event.

We will continue sharing key-ideas and statistics on #Youth4ClimatePeaceSecurity .

Thank you to all participants for sharing your knowledge and calls to action! #UNGA