Climate change mitigation

1. ROLE OF YOUTHS IN MITIGATING
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Presented By
-Prasharam BC

2. “Fighting Climate Change is not about polar bears,
it’s about me and about us, it’s about love and about trust”

3. Climate Change and Youths
• Climate change is a long term change in the average weather
patterns that have come to define earth’s local, regional and
global climates.
• Climate Change is one of the most critical global challenges
of our times.
• Climate Change impacts range from affecting agriculture ,
further endangering food security, to sea level rise and the
accelerated erosion of coastal zones, increasing the intensity
of natural disasters, species extinction, and spread of vector-
borne diseases.

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• Youth can play the crucial role in combating the climate
change.
• The young generation inhibits the earth and inhibits the
responsibility to protect the planet, in fighting the complex
scientific problems and social quandaries presented by
climate change.
• Mitigation involves human interventions to reduce the
emissions of greenhouse gases by sources or enhance the
removal from the atmosphere.

5. Role of youths in mitigating effects of climate
change
1.Youth Education
• Youth education represents one of the most effective tools to
combat the destructive potential of climate change.
• Youth education cultivate an international understanding
among members of the next generations since it is a long
term process that will impact an infinite numbers of future
generations.
• Those educated youths can conduct awareness campaign
about climate change, it’s effects and mitigation measures.

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2. Support planting, protecting forest and vegetation
• In the 200 years since 1800, levels of carbon dioxide in
atmosphere have risen by over 30%.
• Planting is one of the most effective and efficient activities
posed to fighting climate change.
• Youths should actively participate in planting, conservation of
forest and vegetation which helps to enhance the removal of
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere since carbon dioxide is
the largest contributing gas to the greenhouse effect.

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3. Adapting new habits and changing lifestyles
• Youths who can adapt at spreading new habits and technologies
are well placed to contribute to the fight against climate change.
• Youths are adaptable and can quickly make low-carbon life styles
and career choices as a part of their daily lives. For example
Reduce, Reuse and recycle of solid wastes, using less fossil fuels.
• Preventing deforestation and unsustainable agriculture.
• To take advantages of new environment oriented employment
opportunity.

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4. Nurturing the young leaders
• Youths should involve in nurturing the young leaders in the
areas of climate change.
• It can help to develop the core competence necessary for
individuals to be able to promote low carbon and climate-
resilient development.

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5. Spreading the message
• The involvement of youths should be encouraged by
developing partnership among government,
intergovernmental, non government and youth organization
for joint activities aimed at:
- facilitating public access to information and raising public
awareness
to understand, address and response to climate change.

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6. Reducing emission of greenhouse gases
• The emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide and ozone should be reduced.
• The youths should promote the use of renewable energy
such as solar energy and limit the use of non renewable
energy such as fossil fuels to reduce the emission of
greenhouse gases.
• The youths should promote the more efficient use and
recycling of materials.

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7. Participate actively in decision making process
• The youths from all part of the world should participate
actively in all relevant level of decision-making processes
about climate change because:
-it affects their lives today and has implication for their future.

12. Conclusion
The youths have crucial role in mitigating effects of climate
change. Youths can be actively engage at local, national and
global levels in raising awareness, running educational
programmes, conserving our nature, promoting renewable
energy, adopting environment friendly practices and
implementing adaptation and mitigation projects.

13. “It is time for change, time to act.”

14. References
• K Park, A Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine.
• Youth for climate action, UNICEF report.
• Youth in action in climate change, voiceofyouth.org.

15. THANK YOU