Climate Change Thematic Sessions, Climate Action Space

Each of the 4 sub-themes of the YCS will have a 1.5-hour session to help youth develop their understanding of the area. The 4 sessions will be run in 2 rounds, with 2 parallel sessions allowing students the opportunity to engage in 2 different thematic sessions.

One of the key highlights include a 2- day interactive programme in January, followed by CAs campaigns by participants of the summit, during the period January-July. In addition, localized Youth Climate Forums for undergraduates will be held at different universities to create more awareness.

Besides the main theme of the YCS, the sub themes to be addressed include, Climate Justice & Advocacy, Disaster Resilience, Climate Adaptations & Technology and Change for CC which is the final theme for the programme that refers to transformations to pursue at both individual and societal levels through various areas including of the YCS will be an open space based session titled the 'CA Space’, which will be both, an exhibition and a networking space for the participating youth to connect with various stakeholders engaging in CC work. These will include government authorities, private corporations and scientific and social justice experts. arts, lifestyle changes, change to consumption and economic models.

“CC is an issue faced in Sri Lanka and worldwide, as the youth will be next in line to build our countries, our goal is to educate them to change and do what is right for the climate and to create awareness. Which is why we had a selecting process among undergraduates and selected the most suitable 100 students,” said YCS team leader and CRC President, Dr Novil Wijesekara.

For more information about the Sri Lanka Youth Climate Summit, write to: youthclimatesummit@ gmail.com or visit www.facebook. com/youthclimatesummit.