Mission Statement:
To create a global community of teen changemakers to take action on climate change.
Climate change description/why take action?
The climate has changed periodically throughout history due to natural causes. However, the climate is changing now due to human activities rather than forces of nature. Trends of natural disasters and droughts have become more frequent and devastating in recent years as a result of global warming. From the year 1880 to 2012, the average global temperature has increased by .85°C. Greenhouse gasses produced by burning fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere creating a “greenhouse effect”. Carbon Dioxide is the main greenhouse gas, and is emitted through the use of fossil fuels which have been our primary use of fuel since the Industrial Revolution.
Consequences of climate change include sea level rise, water scarcity, heat waves, flooding, increase in tropical storm activity, reduction of agriculture, and glacial retreat. The poorest and most vulnerable people are those that will continue to be affected the most.
What do we do?
The Climate Action Hub works on increasing global awareness for climate change, as well as advocating for sustainable and eco-friendly communities.
What we’ve accomplished so far
Information and Climate Education:
About this SDG
Click here to see how the UN is strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change.
Our Videos
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Our Climate Action Ambassadors
Carolina Jones
Ambassador
Sean Lee
Ambassador
Visit Links Below to Learn Moreand Start Taking Action
- As of April 2018, 175 parties had ratified the Paris Agreement and 168 parties had communicated their first nationally determined contributions to the UN framework convention on Climate Change Secretariat.
- As of April 2018, 10 developing countries had successfully completed and submitted their first iteration of their national adaptation plans for responding to climate change.
- Developed country parties continue to make progress towards the goal of jointly mobilizing $100 billion annually by 2020 for mitigation actions.
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.A Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.B Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
*Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.
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