UNEP Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment
The TUNZA International Children's Conference on the Environment is an event that seeks to increase children's understanding of environmental issues by providing them with a forum to learn about and to collectively voice their concerns for the environment. It also inspires them to initiate and implement community environmental projects in their school and communities. The first conference was held in 1995 in Eastbourne UK. Other conferences have been held in Kenya, Canada, USA, Malaysia and Norway.
The United Nations Environment Programme in cooperation with UNEP's National Committee for the Republic of Korea will be hosting the 2009 Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment in Daejeon, Korea from 17 - 21 August 2009. The Conference whose theme will be "Climate Change: Our Challenge" will collectively bring together about 800 participants (aged 10 to 14) from over 100 countries to review, share experiences and develop a joint statement on climate change. The daily themes will include:
- Climate change and its effect on bio-diversity
- Climate change and young people
- Water
- Sustainable lifestyle
The delegates will also be introduced to the new Tunza Strategy (2009-2014), and will discuss their role in the implementation of the strategy. The four-day Conference will culminate in resolutions on climate change to be presented to the Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. More details on this conference are available on http://www.unep.org/tunza/children
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UNEP Africa Regional Children's Conference - Durban, South Africa
Organised in partnership with UNEP, members of the Junior Board, British Council, SA Ministry of Environment, Durban Municipality and ESKOM amongst other partners; the African Regional Children's Conference will take place in Durban, South Africa in August 2009.
The Conference will bring together children from all parts of Africa to learn about and voice their concern for the environment. About 60 children from African countries, including 20 from South Africa, will participate in the conference.
The Africa Conference will prepare the children for the "Tunza International Children's Conference" that is going to take place in Daejeon, Korea, from 17-21 August 2009.
The Conference daily themes include: Energy and Climate Change, Waste and Climate Change, Biodiversity and Climate Change. Environmental issues that are pertinent to the Africa region will also be discussed.
The outcome of the conference will be a set of commitments by the children on the environmental actions they will undertake on returning home and a message to the Korea Conference on the views and concerns of the African child on climate change. This message will form part of the children's statements to be presented to the UN Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change.
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