As many as 35 youths from 14 countries are taking part in an Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum in Bogor, south of Indonesian capital city Jakarta, from December 3 to 6, to prepare them for participation in the 13th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali.
"In this forum, we inform and inspire them on mitigation of climate change, and engage participants with young leaders from other countries and different backgrounds," Antara news agency quoted Director for Learning and Creativity of the British Council Christopher Palmer as saying on Monday.
The forum is being held by the British Council in cooperation with the Center for International Forestry Research (Cifor) and the World Wild Fund (WWF) Indonesia. Participants of the forum came from various backgrounds and include academicians, professionals and non governmental organization activists.
"The British Council is not specialized in climate change, but we have done many things related to youths. This forum is our support for mitigation of climate change," he said.
The forum, he said, aims to create an opportunity for youths to draw up a strategy in mitigation of climate change that would be presented to the UNFCCC forum in Bali and implemented in concrete action in their respective neighborhood.
Out of the 35 participants, six would be chosen to take part in the UNFCCC forum from December 8-10.
Participants in the forum came from Indonesia, Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.
Source: Xinhua
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