Imagine this: On all seven continents, young people are equipped to globally broadcast pivotal stories on the impacts caused by climate change, the resulting human struggles, and the ingenuity employed to find creative solutions and inspire others. Imagine that you had one minute to tell negotiators how you wanted them to represent you, about the planet that you want to inherit. What would you say?
To that end, PSM is also using our mini-documentaries as lobby tools, giving them to youth who will meet with their delegates, and impress upon them the urgency of climate change, that the survival of all nations and all peoples is not negotiable.
Young people have a track record of making positive, critical contributions to the dialogue surrounding the climate negotiations. Our survival campaign at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has inspired organizers and negotiators alike.
Over one hundred countries have signed our declaration for a treaty that “ensures the survival of all countries and peoples.” Our language on survival has made is in the negotiating text and our continued work that will launch it to the forefront of the policy debate. We will use the media we create to continue to shape this crucial moment, at COP15.