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Everyone Can Play A Part!
Think about it!
Kenneth Wong
Singapore
ECO[LOGICAL]
Conference
TOKYO, JAPAN
4 AUGUST 2010
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"People often say that motivationdoesnt last.
Well, neither does bathing thats
why we recommend it daily"
Zig Ziglar
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Coral reefs, are very sensitive to
changes in seawater temperature Changes in Ocean Circulation: Warm and
Cold Current
Melting of Glaciers and Ice-sheets
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Wat r Rati x r i f r it ff ri fr r t
and at ave
Dr t and eat aveaffecting
t egr ing fcr p and
vegetati n
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Coral reef fringing oatan,
Honduras
Changes in
biodiversity and
ecosystem
Deadly Fungus infecting am hibian Frog
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Building up to COP16
Youth oles in COPy
Three key areas: Plenary, Contact Group, Informaly Intervention
y Youths can speak up at COP/CMP, AWG-KP, AWG-LCA, SBSTA
and SBI
y Side note: AWG (Ad-Hoc Working Group); KP Kyoto Protocol;
LCA: Long-term Cooperative Action; SBSTA - Subsidiary Body
for Scientific and Technological Advice; and SBI - Subsidiary
Body on Implementation
y Action
y Can be either planned or reactive action (to counter policies
changes)
y Coffee Session
y To get up-close with policy-makers and decision makers to
network and push your ideas forward to them to accept.
y Youth Contact Group YOUNGO; not only to get involved
locally but also internationally through joining www.unfccc.intand www.youthclimate.org.
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International Alliance
UNEP TUNZA - SEAYEN
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Knowledge Sharing &
Capacity Building
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Youth ole & Involvement in COP
(Capacity Building)
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Youth ole & Involvement in COP
(Networking)
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Youth ole & Involvement in COP
(Community Engagement)
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Youth ole & Involvement in COP
(Social emonstration ???)
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Youth ole & Involvement in COP
(Intervention)
Youth Presentation Media Interview
InterventionYouth Declaration
InterventionPlenary Session
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Youth ole & Involvement in COP
(Networking with Policy Makers)
Dr Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Environment and Water
esources
Mr Ohki Hiroshi
President of COP3
Mr John Prescott
ormer UKDe ut Prime Minister
Ambassador Lumumba
Chief of G77 and China
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Enough Talk
Act Now
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Never Under-estimate the
POWER Of YOUths!
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Never Under-estimate the
POWER Of YOUths!
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E O TS
VWOs / NPOs
/ NGOsG ASS OOT
O GANISATIONS
INDIVIDUALS
GOVE NMENT
SCHOOLS
COMMUNITY
P IVATE
O GANISATIONS
YOUTH
O GANISATIONS
A WHOLESOME Approach
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y Lazinessy To segregate waste
y Inconveniencey Thus indirectly, promoting use of Styrofoam materials
y Misjudgementy Short-Term Cost vs Long-Term Saving
y No Immediate Benefits /
Benefits are Intangibles
y Inertiay Continuing the existing habits that maybe wasteful
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y Forgetfulness
y F
orget to switch off lights / air-con, turn off runningtaps
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NIMBY - Not in my back yardy No sense of ownership
y Group Inertia
y Others are not doing /Waiting for others to do
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Principles in Approach
y Lower Barriers
y Bypass human factors using technology
y E.g. Using Timer Switch / Installing water saving devices kit
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Increase convenience and opportunityy Tailor initiatives to suit behaviours
y Incremental and broad-base approach
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Pick battles carefully and focus on a few significantintervention
y More people doing alittle
y Rather than few people doing a lot
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Principles in Approach
y Employ benefits and incentives strategicallyy Give people a stake of positive behaviours
y Sharpen the perspective of losses in trade-off
y Help people to cope with (short-term) losses
y Gentle social pressurey Removing social stigma - E.g. I want to adopt a eco-friendly
lifestyle but feel weird as people will give me a different look
y Removing the over-reliance idea E.g. There are cleanersemployed to keep the surrounding clean, so its alright for me
to litter
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Be a ROLE MODEL
to the YOUths and Community!
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So, lets us Think Again:
Can YOU Play A Part
in this Global War against
Climate Change?
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G EEN LEADE S
O UM &
ECO[LOGICAL]
TOKYO, JAPAN
4 AUGUST 2010
Kenneth Wong
Singapore