Role of the Caribbean and Caribbean youth over the next 10 years

The regional session for the Caribbean named "Role of the Caribbean and Caribbean youth over the next 10 years", was organised by WYCJ's Caribbean front for the 12-hour long Global Climate Justice Event. In this session, we looked at the existing legal frameworks for youth and intergenerational equity, ongoing youth-led legal campaigns, and raised support for Hurricane Beryl victims. This was followed by a Q&A.


🕛 On 22 July 2024, the Climate Clock ticked below 5 years, meaning we have less than 5 years left to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the goal set with the Paris Accords in 2015. In other words, it's time for global climate action now!

To mark this moment, Centre for Climate Justice - Bangladesh (CCJ-B), Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa, La Ruta Del Clima, Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), and World’s Youth for Climate Justice organised a Global Climate Justice Conference.

🏛📃 The event takes place in recognition of the ongoing efforts to obtain Advisory Opinions (AOs) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The AOs from these international courts have the power to spark large advancements in climate justice globally, and efforts like these make us optimistic that we can turn the tide within the next five years! 💪

🌏 The conference consisted of six panel sessions, with one session dedicated to each of the following regions: the Pacific, South & Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America. This all unfolded within a 12-hour timeframe, making the webinar a climate justice trip around the world in 12 hours! ⛵