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Peace Child Publications
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Call for Contributions to Youth Summary of UN Human Development Report on Climate Change
March 27, 2008 - 09:07 AM
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My name is Oliver O'Callaghan, I am Publications Manager at Peacechild International, a charity for youth education about development, human rights and the environment. Our lastest project is to convert the United Nations Human Development Report into a format acessible to young people. This is especially crucial because this year's theme is climate change, the greatest challenge to our generation.
You can become involved!
We are looking for contributions to the publication from young people all over the world. These can range from articles and stories to poems and pictures.
If you want to become a member of the Project Task Force email me at-
publications@peacechild.org
Here is a link to the project page-
http://www.peacechild.org/www/pci/index.php?id=134
and here are links to the full call out letter in
English-
http://www.peacechild.org/climate/pdfs/pci_climate_call_en.pdf
French-
http://www.peacechild.org/climate/pdfs/pci_climate_call_fr.pdf
Spanish-
http://www.peacechild.org/climate/pdfs/pci_climate_call_es.pdf
Please read it and pass it on to as many of your friends as possible. The more submissions we get the better.
Here is a link to the publication we produced last year that which gives an idea of the type of contribution we find most useful-
http://hdr.undp.org/external/hdr2006/water/
Thank you and good luck!
Oliver.
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Re: Call for Contributions to Youth Summary of UN Human Development Report on Climate Change
September 26, 2008 - 03:33 AM
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As a young person from a developing country like Nepal and the region which is most at risk of the impact of climate change and its hazards, I opine that special consideration should be given for developing countries to mitigate the effects of climate change. Here in Nepal, most of the glaciers and lakes are being brust and outfown due to climate change. There are variations in rainfall, some time there is no rain when needed and some time excess causes floods and landslides rendering thousands of people casualties and homeless. Further, the issue of climte change has brought yet another subject of food security. In the region where there is not already equal distribution of resources for people, the climate change impacts lead to low production of crops, thus inviting another serious problem of poverty and hunger. In this circumstances, achieving the millenium development goals seems to be a mere day dream.
I also believe that youth in the present world should be playing influential role in tackling the problem,. THey should work to make their governments responsible to lower the effect of climate chagnge and work for the benifit and rights of people.
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Re: Call for Contributions to Youth Summary of UN Human Development Report on Climate Change
October 4, 2008 - 07:54 AM
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nice to now this link
I'll be there soon
thx for sharing
^_^
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