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There were four objectives which were (1) to enhance local youth’s knowledge on COP27 and international climate negotiations, (2) to collect local youths’ views on different environmental and climate-related topics, (3) to brainstorm the gaps between local climate and international policies and potential solutions to climate policies in Hong Kong and (4) to rethink and discover their role as a local youth to tackle climate challenges.
The youth dialogues include 6 topics, which are Adaptation, Climate Policy Design, Climate Finance, Energy Transition, Mitigation and Youth Engagement. To commence, participants research the current situation and challenges of climate policy in Hong Kong according to the 6 topics. Afterwards, they shared about current policies and came up with feasible goals, such as achieving carbon neutrality and increasing the proportion of renewable energy use to 100% by 2050. In the later discussion session, participants explored how other cities’ implementation meets international and local climate goals, as well as how Hong Kong can learn from them. They also came up with roadmaps and implementation plans on how to achieve the goals that they set in earlier discussions. Lastly, participants shared their thoughts on five aspects, namely, (1) case study, (2) current situation and challenges in Hong Kong,(3) goals, (4) implementation plan and (5) action(s) as a youth.
CCIL would like to thank The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University for providing the venues. We would also like to thank all participants for sharing their insights and joining the discussions. It greatly helped in promoting climate actions in Hong Kong. The opinions of youths on climate change will be included in the position papers and submitted to YOUNGO under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as part of the global youth climate positioning at the 17th United Nations Conference of Youth (COY17) and the 2022 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in 2022.
Past Event
2022-08-22
Youth Dialogue on Climate Change
Youth is an important stakeholder of the society, and plays a big role in climate actions. In light of this, CCIL held 3 sessions of youth dialogue in August 2022, including 22nd August at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 25th August at The University of Hong Kong (changed to online mode because of bad weather) and 29th August at Hong Kong Baptist University, to provide a platform for young people at the local level to express opinions on climate change experiences and environmental advocacy strategies. The dialogues aim at highlighting, inspiring, and recognizing the role of youth in climate action, as well as allowing young climate advocates across Hong Kong to actively participate in COP27. 6 graduates of the second batch of CATY will attend COP27 held in Sharm El-Sheikh in November. As Hong Kong representatives, they hope to gather the opinions and thoughts of other local youths before setting off, in order to share with leaders and youths in Egypt and other places.There were four objectives which were (1) to enhance local youth’s knowledge on COP27 and international climate negotiations, (2) to collect local youths’ views on different environmental and climate-related topics, (3) to brainstorm the gaps between local climate and international policies and potential solutions to climate policies in Hong Kong and (4) to rethink and discover their role as a local youth to tackle climate challenges.
The youth dialogues include 6 topics, which are Adaptation, Climate Policy Design, Climate Finance, Energy Transition, Mitigation and Youth Engagement. To commence, participants research the current situation and challenges of climate policy in Hong Kong according to the 6 topics. Afterwards, they shared about current policies and came up with feasible goals, such as achieving carbon neutrality and increasing the proportion of renewable energy use to 100% by 2050. In the later discussion session, participants explored how other cities’ implementation meets international and local climate goals, as well as how Hong Kong can learn from them. They also came up with roadmaps and implementation plans on how to achieve the goals that they set in earlier discussions. Lastly, participants shared their thoughts on five aspects, namely, (1) case study, (2) current situation and challenges in Hong Kong,(3) goals, (4) implementation plan and (5) action(s) as a youth.
CCIL would like to thank The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University for providing the venues. We would also like to thank all participants for sharing their insights and joining the discussions. It greatly helped in promoting climate actions in Hong Kong. The opinions of youths on climate change will be included in the position papers and submitted to YOUNGO under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as part of the global youth climate positioning at the 17th United Nations Conference of Youth (COY17) and the 2022 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in 2022.