Youth Climate Change Initiative - Liberia

Youth Climate Change Initiative- Liberia is an initiative of young people who have decided to help take actions in addressing climate change and Environmental issues in Liberia, Africa and the rest of the world.

The initiative (usually referred to as the movement) was conceived by Teddy P. Taylor and Alpha S. Kollie, when did both attended different events addressing and discussing issues of Climate Change and Environmental Issues, in 2015 Mr. Taylor participated in the Conference of Parties (COP21) as a member of the Liberian government delegation in Paris, France, for the Twenty-first session. While in April 2016 Mr. Kollie participated in the Mandela Washington Fellow Environmental Workshop for the Mano River Basin powered by the United State Department of State, through the US Embassy in Monrovia and the US Embassy in Freetown. The main reason for the founding of this initiative is to ensure that young people take actions in addressing climate change issues by their inclusion, and active participation at all climate change discussions and negotiations henceforth. This is needed because young people in Liberia constitute more than half of the country population and are mostly affected by climate change impacts as well have the most potential to support Liberia to take actions on climate change.

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.