Wow. We have been here in Copenhagen for three days, and already there is so much happening. This weekend, we attended the Conference of Youth (COY), where 600 young people, only about half of those accredited and participating in the conference directly, organizing into working groups and participating in panel discussions and skillshares. During this time, our team was also at work editing this video:
Project Survival Media is jumping straight into production, completing our mini-documentaries, writing stories of youth activity and survival at COP, and also stories of survival from back home. Our team of 18 youth journalists here are the conference are collaborating with each other, covering youth activities and stories of survival. We are also forming partnerships to share our stories, and are contributing to a number of different online and offline outlets. We are using our collaboratively produced media and united, global messaging to inject the frame of survival into the dialogue surrounding the negotiations.
As the negotiations move into specifics, and real deals start to be made, thinking about survival reminds us that climate changes is a human issue. It is so important to remember that real people’s lives and livelihoods are being affected, and we need real, tangible, human stories to connect with negotiators and with audiences back home. So stay tuned for youth-produced mini-documentaries, photographs, and stories of survival.
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