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Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
Abbreviation CYCC
Motto Youth for real climate action
Formation September 2006[1]
Purpose/focus Youth representation
Region served  Canada
Official languages English
Main organ Coalition
Affiliations BYTE, Canadian Auto Workers Youth Network (CAWYN), Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Labour Congress, Check Your Head, ENvironnement JEUnesse, Emerging Leaders Committee, Manitoba Environmental Youth Network, Peel Environmental Youth Alliance (PEYA), Sierra Youth Coalition, TakingITGlobal[2]
Website OurClimate.ca

The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (CYCC) is a non for profit youth organisation in Canada. The coalition consists of various youth organisations, which includes the Canadian Federation of Students and the Canadian Labour Congress[2] The charity aims to politically prioritize climate change as an important issue.[3] Internationally, the coalition is part of the Global Youth Climate Movement.

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History

In September 2006, 48 youth organizations from across Canada met to discuss climate change and formed the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition.[1] The coalition acts as a pressure group, to encourage politicians to act on the issue of climate change. Two months after its foundation, all Members of Parliament from the New Democratic Party of Canada signed onto the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition Declaration, which is a petition to the Canadian government to act on climate change.[4]

Campaigns

In both 2007 and 2008, the Canadian Youth Climate organised a youth delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conferences to advocate on behalf of young people. At the event in 2007, a member of the Canadian youth delegation, Catherine Gauthier, delivered a speech on behalf of Greenpeace Solar Generation, Environnement Jeunesse, SustainUS, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition as well as the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, to representatives from over 150 nations. [5] Similarly in December 2009, the organisation will send a third youth delegation to the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference along with other members of the Youth Climate Movement.

Main article: Power Shift

The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition is also in the planning stages of organising a conference called Powershift.

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. http://www.ourclimate.ca/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=35. Retrieved 2009-05-28.  
  2. ^ a b "Who We Are". Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. http://www.ourclimate.ca/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=65. Retrieved 2009-05-28.  
  3. ^ "Young people are taking responsibility". High Beam. 2007-01-01. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-158091329.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.  
  4. ^ "All Federal NDP MPs Sign On to Canadian Youth Climate Coalition Declaration". NDP. 2006-11-02. http://irenemathyssen.ndp.ca/node/175. Retrieved 2009-05-28.  
  5. ^ "Youth coalition challenges UN meeting to take stand on climate change". UN News. 2006-11-02. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23934&Cr=climate&Cr1=change. Retrieved 2007-09-24.  

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