Climate Change Initiatives in Liberia and youth Involvement

1. POWERSHIFT Campaign
held the African Climate Week in
Accra,Ghana March 21, 2019
Climate Change Initiatives in Liberia and youth Involvement
By: Teddy P. Taylor
Executive Director
Youth Climate Change Initiative-Liberia

2. Brief History of YCCI-LIB
How it all started
 Youth Climate Change Initiative- Liberia is an initiative of young
people who have decided to help take actions in addressing climate
change issues in Liberia, Africa and the rest of the world.
The initiative (usually referred to as the movement) was conceived in
2015 in Paris, France, during the Twenty-first session of the
Conference of the Parties (COP21).
 The Initiative hopes to address the bigger picture of climate change
by appreciating its links with sustainable development.
In this regard, we hope to link climate change with key development
challenges, like poverty alleviation, agriculture, gender, health,
education, economic growth, urbanization and migrations, governance
among others.

3. OUR MISSION
 To develop capacity and strong partnerships
among youth people from
around the world so that they may understand the
urgency of the
situation and take action against the impacts of
climate change for
both present and future generations.

4. OUR VISION
A country and a world with a united
youth movement and empowered,
proactively involved in the decision
making process and the adoption
of sustainable options towards a
better climate and social equity.

5. WHAT DO WE DO??????
 We Advocate
 Innovate
 Educate
 and Represent Young people on Climate
Change and Environmental Issues.

6. CLIMATE SATURDAY
 aimed at Educating, Sensitizing and creating
awareness about Climate change and its growing
effects on Liberia and the world at large. Climate
Saturday also intend to create a climate friendly
generation.
 This project is also intended to take climate Change
messages and awareness campaign to communities
every Saturday across Liberia.


7. SOME STAFF OF YCCI POST FOR A PHOTO
WITH THE CHIEF LAUNCHER

8. PICTORIAL FROM THE LAUNCH CONT’D

9. Climate Saturday at 12th street, Sinkor

10. ED and staff enjoy nature in sinkor

11. Mr. Abraham Tumbey and Mrs. Lilie White
At our Climate Saturday Event in Parker Paint, Paynesville

12. Climate Sat activities in West Point,
Brewerville, and Doe Community

13. High School Environmental & Climate
Change Club ( Green Clubs)
"Engaging the Younger Generation to joined the fight“
“Building a climate Smart generation”
 a platform that seeks to help high schools and colleges/universities create a
campus-wide culture of waste management and conservation, work with
students, teachers and parents in promoting and maintaining a clean
environment both at school and home by providing schools with the tools,
training and support they need to create a culture of waste management both
on and off campus, raise environmental awareness among school going
students.
 This group will focuses on building knowledge of alternative leadership, social
entrepreneurship, Governance, and innovation to Prevent and Combat
Climate Change.

14. GREEN CLUBS LAUNCH IN PICTORIAL

15. GREEN CLUB LAUNCH IN PICTURES CONT’D
Principals make remarks at the program

16. GREEN CLUB LAUNCH IN PICTURES
students are divided into groups for discussions

17. COMMITTED TO BUILDING A CLIMATE
SMART GENERATION

18. Liberia Youth Climate Change and
Environmental Fellowship
Youth and Student Green Business and Clean Energy Summit
 Summit that will bring together students and youth with
interest, desire, prototype as well as idea in promoting
green business and clean energy innovation in Liberia
faced to faced with key stake holders and Non
Governmental organizations and governmental
organizations as well as linking them with opportunities
and funding as well as the promotion of low Carbon
Emission in the country.
 This program also aims at promoting and bridging the gap
between the youth and students community, the
Government and Non-Governmental Organization, in the
sector of green business and clean energy.

19. THE SUMMIT IN PICTORIAL

20. YCCI-LIBERIA AND THE ELECTIONS

21. CHALLENGES
LOGISTICAL
CAPACITY (Human Resource)

22. RECOMMENDATION
 That our that continuous partnership be built among stakeholders for
knowledge sharing, capacity building, etc
 That National Government include young people especially youth institutions
in national decision and policy formulations for the betterment of our country