Ambassadors +1: Young people seeking to put climate change on the agenda

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Thirty young Latin Americans will be selected and trained from July to December of this year by Peruvian climate change specialists to help raise the level of ambition of policy decisions associated with climate change.
The young people of Ambassadors +1 will develop research, training, communication and advocacy actions.

Ambassadors +1 was officially launched on Monday, May 15th at the Pontifical Catholic University y Alonso TufinoThe program coordinator explains that the purpose of the initiative is to take the participation style of Latin American youth to another level in the context of national political decisions and international agreements on climate change.

"We dream of an exercise of power and governance in which young people are the core and driving force of decisions for true prosperity and reconciliation between nature and human beings."he said Tufino.

Climate change is a phenomenon that affects everyone in the world. Efforts to prevent the increase of climate change will be Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and in turn to adapt to the people who suffer the consequences of global warming are necessary. In view of this, the following is born Generation+1 a program of Libelula which was created two years ago with the aim of enabling young people to respond in a critical, committed and creative way, with development initiatives and innovative ventures in the face of climate change.

Ambassadors +1

From Generation +1 is born Ambassadors +1a platform that promotes youth participation in the governance of sustainable development, with an emphasis on the national and international climate change agenda.

The program seeks to empower 30 young Latin Americans (20 Peruvians and 10 from Latin America and the Caribbean) with knowledge, skills and opportunities to promote a vision of sustainability oriented towards low-carbon and climate-resilient development. In this way, young people will be able to be actors in decision making and public policies regarding Nationally Determined Contributions and a new global climate agreement, which is expected to be signed during the COP21which will be held in December in France.

Here you can find more information about "Ambassadors +1"
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