#CeritaHijau – Climate Change Discussions Recorded
#CeritaHijau
Post COP21 Climate Change Forum – Paris Agreement
COP21 – MYD Reporting
#MYD 2015 Training Series
#PowerShiftMsia 2013 – 2016
CETDEM – Climate Change Dialogue May 2016
Click here to view:
- MYD Youth Statement on Climate Change to for COP21 (link)
- MYD Articles and Videos during COP21 (link)
- MYD Post-COP21 Sharing (link)
CETDEM – Climate Change Dialogue May 2016
Theme: Paris Agreement – Challenges & Opportunities
Date: Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Time: 9am – 1pm (followed by lunch)
Venue: Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya (opposite Asia Jaya LRT Station)
Programme
- Welcome by Engr Gurmit Singh, CETDEM Chairman & Forum Moderator
- YB Dato Sri Dr Haji Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar, Minister of Natural Resources & Environment Malaysia’s perspective of the Paris Agreement
- HE Mr Christophe Penot, French Ambassador to Malaysia – Perspectives on behalf of the French Presidency of COP21
- Mr Adrian Yeo, Malaysian Youth Delegation #MYD – What do the Youth expect from the Paris Agreement?
- Mr Anthony Tan, CETDEM Executive Director – NGO persepective of the Paris Agreement
Experiences and Testimonials on MYD during COP21
We are happy to have Chee Yoke Ling, Programmes Director of Third World Network (TWN) to be a speaker for our post COP21 forum and her tremendous support:
“MYD2015 is an excellent initiative – for those keen on understanding intergovernmental climate negotiations, there is no better way than to gain knowledge and experience by being where the action is. From navigating the UN processes to reading the hundreds of pages and engaging with government delegates and civil society activists MYD offers a great opportunity. Climate justice is emerging as the overarching frame for climate actions in countries and in international cooperation. By also linking the UNFCCC efforts and outcomes to national actions back home in Malaysia, MYD helps to create a new generation of Malaysians who can make climate justice a reality.”
#MYD provide Malaysian youths opportunities to interact with various local experts in climate change. For instance, we met the gender specialist in #COP21, Sunitha Bishan from National Council of Women’s Organisation Malaysia, who is also the Social Innovator of Penitajaya Sdn Bhd.
“This begins with a warm hug to MYD who attended the 2015 COP21 Paris conference. The team demonstrated that good work is built on the foundation of sound knowledge. The advocacy that was done pre and post COP were some of the rare opportunities where youths from MYD demonstrated leadership and competent expertise on climate change.
The call for climate justice is not only about creating awareness but the strength to stand up and demand action against the damage to our environment. This was the significance of the team to the COP21 and beyond. It was and still is a tremendous pride to stand with the youths from MYD”
Winnie Jimis, JOAS representative to #COP21, also Project Coordinator for Community-Led Environmental Awareness for our River and the Technical Coordinator, Forever Sabah for Urban Green Waste Reuse shared her thoughts working with MYD at COP21:
“Being a first timer representing indigenous people of Malaysia to COP21, I was fortunate to be invited for training by MYD in their preparation to COP21 representing the youth in Malaysia.
I am also thankful to all the Malaysian Youth Delegates for their assistance during the Asian Indigenous People day at COP21. As indigenous people around the globe, we want to be visible.
MYD also ought to be visible as youth have the power to transform this planet to a better HOME to live,tomorrow. The chances to work with local communities badly impacted with climate change will empower youth towards planning a dynamic approach in combating and mitigating climate change and to change towards a sustainable living in Malaysia.”
Thomas YokeHwa Lai, on his COP21 experience:
“COP21 is where I realised ONE WORD can determine my future!”
“This is my first COP and I gained tremendous knowledge and experiences. I would gladly say this was my highlight for 2015. The adoption of#ParisAgreement is just the first step toward a climate resilient future. The next crucial step is domestic and local actions. This is why the work #MYD is important, in engaging and providing relevant information to Malaysian youths in combating climate change.”
Emily Oi sharing on her MYD experience.
“It has been an exponential-growing journey; from selection to preparation, till the final test- physically participating in COP21 itself. From COP21, I had a better understanding on how different actors interact and coordinate with each other in this type of international decision making processes. Moreover, I had the chance to understand how and what are different countries fighting for- especially in the context of developed and developing countries respective responsibilities and stand. Overall, I think it was a very rewarding and eye-opening exposure for youth. It is also a very valuable opportunity and practical platform to encourage more Malaysian youths to participate in environment or climate change policy and advocacy work.”
Paris Agreement Signing in New York – LIVE
The Paris Climate Change Agreement opens for signature on 22 April 2016 during a high-level ceremony convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, marking an important international push on the way to the agreement’s timely entry into force.
Guide to the Paris Agreement Signing Ceremony – Friday, 22 April 2016 – Click Here
Over 130 countries have confirmed to United Nations headquarters that they will attend the signing ceremony, including some 60 world leaders, amongst them President Francois Hollande of France
The event will also be attended by the President of COP21, France’s Segolene Royal, and the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Christiana Figueres.
All Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are invited to sign the agreement, taking note of established international practice that full powers are required to sign.
A country’s signature on the agreement initiates the critical domestic process, on which depends its final entry into force.
This process takes many separate forms and can be rapid or lengthier, depending on each country’s domestic practices. The outcome may be countries’ instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Following each national completion of this process, instruments are submitted to the Depositary under the UN Secretary-General in New York. It is only once such an instrument is deposited that a country can be said to have ratified the Paris Agreement.
The Paris Agreement will enter into force on the 30th day after the date on which at least 55 Parties to the Convention accounting in total for at least an estimated 55 % of total global greenhouse gas emissions have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Depositary. An information note on the entry into force of the Paris Agreement is available here.
To mark this special signing ceremony, a social media tree-planting campaign has also been launched. The campaign uses the hashtags #ParisAgreement and #Trees4Earth.
MYD sharing at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
[14 March 2015, Monday] we, (Emily, Thomas and Jolene) from Malaysia Youth Delegation (MYD) members are grateful and thrilled to be invited to share our Paris COP21 experience in Sustainability Research Network(SRN) Annual Seminar at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). The event commenced at 10am and ends at 1pm with more than 50 attendees from UNMC. Other than us, this event was also graced by other featured speakers including Dr. Gary William Theseira, the Deputy Undersecretary of Environment Management and Climate Change Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment; as well as Alizan Mahadi, fellow of Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia (ISIS).
Emily
Jolene
As the first speaker of the event, we presented “Youth on COP21” comprising 3 main components covering a lecture-based introduction about Conference of Parties (COP) as a whole and its negotiation processes, a youth-centric topic on our involvement (MYD) and youth participation in COP21; and also our perspective on the Paris Agreement and how it will take effects in the coming years – pre-2020 and post-2020.
| Prior to Dr. Gary’s presentation, Dr Gary applauded and thanked MYD presence and supports to Malaysian National Delegation Team in COP21, saying it was “extremely refreshing to have us along”. In COP21, there is always a shortage of manpower for Malaysian team due to its fully-packed meetings that occurred at the same time and consistently MYD team fill in the gaps attending various meetings and discussions across different meeting rooms, plenaries and halls. It is definitely a hectic pace in COP21! Dr. Gary also mentioned the MYD presence (youth) has given the Malaysian team a strong sense of motivation and focus to fight for the future and for us, the future generation. This is their 4th year of working toward common goals with other parties of UNFCCC to combat climate change.
These short yet meaningful acknowledgements coming from a national negotiator are definitely one of the most rewarding moments for MYD 2015 team. Well done, Team! |
Afterward, Dr. Gary further elaborated our presentation to Post-COP21 context – on how to translate Intended National Determined Contributions (INDCs) to National Determined Contributions (NDCs) by optimising the local, regional and international opportunities. His sharing has given some great insights of how Malaysia will adopt Paris Agreement and mobilize change. For instance, Malaysia INDCs highlighted Malaysia’s intention “to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of GDP by 45% by 2030 relative to the emissions intensity of GDP in 2005. This consist of 35% on an unconditional basis and a further 10% is condition upon receipt of climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building from developed countries.” In addition, he also shared some research areas where government-universities should collaborate including topics such as clean technology developments, environmental conservation, climate change and environmental and climate policies.
On the other hand, Alizan shared with the crowd of how Sustainable Development (SDG) Goals fit the post-COP21 era. The truth is, combating climate change is just a tiny part of SDGs. In his sharing, he encourages everyone to look broader at how a nation could achieve sustainable economic development via considering other factors including poverty eradication, gender equality, good health and wellbeing, zero hunger and many more.
Thomas voicing out his opinion during panel discussion
During the Q&A session, one of the students asked the speakers “if there is one law you can add, what would it be?” Alizan professed politely that “we should start focusing on the implementation of the existing policies instead of only adding new policies.” Based on his presentation, indeed Malaysia has many existing policies (covering water, land and social..?) but the inefficiency of top-down approaches and the huge gap between the government, public and relevant stakeholders are still taking place and may delay Malaysia achieving its sustainable status.
Feedback on our presentation from the crowd
To date, this is our first official COP21 sharing session and also our first presentation that ran 45-minutes long. We felt the pressure comparing ourselves to the other two “pro” speakers and in order to spice up our presentation, we spent quite some time drafting and practicing the contents together. We are the first speaker…!
It is to our surprise that our session gained so much positive feedbacks from the crowd where one of the audience (hint: he is a lecturer) expresses his gratitude on our excellent presentation! We were complimented for our comprehensible presentation that has provided him a clearer picture on COP21 and its processes. Kudos, our efforts paid off!
Thank you SRN for organizing another successful seminar!
What does the Paris Agreement Mean for You?
What does the Paris Agreement Mean for You?
Make and Share a Maximum 30-Second Video
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Heads of State and Government to come to New York on 22 April to sign the historic Paris Climate Change Agreement clinched last year. Under the agreement, 195 nations have agreed to combat climate change and to unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future.
The Paris Agreement can only be successful if everyone fully supports it and helps bring it to life – from national, regional and local leaders; from investors and businesses to citizens who desire to live in a safe and prosperous world, and who want to actively shape that world.
Ahead of the signing event, you can say what the agreement means for you and what you are going to do to support it in a short, maximum 30-second video you record on your smartphone, pad, notebook or desktop device and post to social media. You can record and post the video between now and 28 February. Keep in mind that the recording doesn’t have to be fancy – it just has to have a powerful and compelling message!
Some of the questions you can touch on in your message are:
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How concerned are you about climate change?
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What are your hopes and aspirations for a better future now that we have the Paris Agreement?
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How do you think your country, city, firm or organization can contribute?
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What are you personally ready to do now to make the Paris Agreement work?
Once you have recorded your video, please post it on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, using the hashtags #MYD #ParisAgreement and #Means4Me. You can build sentences such as: The #ParisAgreement #Means4Me more secure jobs. Check out my video!” or “The #ParisAgreement #Means4Me: a safer world. See what I have to say” to use as short texts to post together with your video.
If you are posting to Instagram with a message, keep in mind that the maximum length is 15 seconds. And remember to include the right hashtags.
At the end of your video, can also ask someone you know to make a similar recording, or include that call in your text message (think ice bucket challenge!).
We’ll share the best ones via our social media channels and compile a collection of the best short videos in our Newsroom.
If you’d like to help promote the campaign, we have a full set of digital assets in English, French, Spanish and German you can share.
We’re looking forward to seeing your posts!