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Australian Youth Climate Coalition
AbbreviationAYCC
FormationNovember 2006[1]
PurposeYouth representation
HeadquartersSydney[2]
Region served
 Australia
Official language
English
Co-Directors
Anna Rose, Amanda McKenzie[3]
AffiliationsAustralian Climate Change Education Network, Affinity, AIESEC, Australian Medical Student Association, Australian Student Environment Network, Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, Centre for Sustainability Leadership, Engineers without Borders, International Young Professionals Foundation, Just Act, Law Students for a Just Community, National Indigenous Youth Movement of Australia, National Union of Students, The Oak Tree Foundation, Oz Green, Sai Youth, Student Organised Network for Architecture, The Otesha Project (Australia), United Nations Youth Association of Australia, Vision Generation.[4]
Staff
10[3]
WebsiteAYCC.org.au

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) is a youth organisation in Australia.[5][6] The coalition consists of 25 other youth organisations, which includes the National Union of Students amongst many.[4][7] The organisation aims "to build a generation-wide movement to solve the climate crisis, through uniting diverse youth organizations around this common challenge"[8] Internationally, the coalition is part of the Global Youth Climate Movement.

History

In 2004, organisations, which would later form the Youth Climate Movement, began to come together. Following on from the formation of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition in September 2006, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition formed in November 2006 with 27 youth organisations from across the nation at a founding youth summit.[1][9][10]

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is a non-partisan, non-profit coalition with the aim of "informing, inspiring and mobilising an entire generation in the struggle for climate justice and a clean energy future." The Australian Youth Climate Coalition should not be confused with the Australian Youth Climate Council, which share the abbreviation "AYCC".

In 2009, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd awarded the Australian Youth Climate Coalition's co-directors, Amanda McKenzie and Anna Rose, the Environment Minister's Young Environmentalist of the Year Award for their efforts in promoting environmental sustainability.[11]

Campaigns

Every year since the formation of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, the organisation has sent a youth delegation to the United Nations Conferences on Climate Change to advocate on behalf of young people.[12][13][14] For the 2008 conference in Poznan, Poland, the Australian delegation travelled through ten nations to reach the summit.[15] 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.

Main article: Power Shift

Power Shift is the name of an annual youth summit which was held in the United States for the first time in 2007.[16] Two years later in 2009, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, in partnership with the University of Western Sydney, GetUp and Greenpeace, organised the Australian Powershift Conference on July 11 to 13, 2009.[17] Guests included the swimmer Ian Thorpe and the actress Brooke Satchwell.[18] The event concluded with a gathering outside the Sydney Opera House.[19]

As of September 2009, in association with the charity World Vision, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition is currently organising an event called "Youth Decide" with students and schools voting on issues surrounding climate change.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  2. ^ http://www.aycc.org.au/contact-us/
  3. ^ a b "About Us". Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  4. ^ a b "The Coalition". Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  5. ^ "Australian Youth Climate Coalition". Wiser Earth. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  6. ^ "Australian Youth Climate Coalition". Act Now. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  7. ^ "It's the climate, stupid". ABC News. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  8. ^ "Australian Youth Climate Coalition". Climate Lab. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  9. ^ "Our Mission". Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  10. ^ "Australian Youth Climate Change Coalition launched". Green Left. 2006-11-24. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  11. ^ "Earthwatch wins PM's environment award". Sunday Times. 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  12. ^ "Indian Government Opens Climate Debate To Youth". World Changing. 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  13. ^ "Youth coalition challenges UN meeting to take stand on climate change". United Nations News Service. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  14. ^ "U.N. climate talks leave youth out in the cold". Reuters. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2009-09-01. [dead link]
  15. ^ "The thrills and spills of carbon-reduced travel". Melbourne: The Age. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  16. ^ "Youth Leaders Shift Attention To Environment At Power Shift Summit In D.C." MTV. 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  17. ^ Munro, Kelsey (2009-07-11). "Climate warriors march behind little green book". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  18. ^ "Youth speak out on climate change goals". WA Today. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  19. ^ "Thousands meet in Sydney for climate change fight". Full Story. 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-09-01. [dead link]
  20. ^ "Youth has a voice on climate". The Courier. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
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