From the UKAnnie, 15 yrs, from Gloucester is one of two teenagers chosen to represent UK youngsters after winning a national competition to go to the COP15. She has since been interviewed by BBC Gloucester Radio on her passion for Climate Change awareness. She talks about what she intends to ask world leaders and why.
Listen to her BBC Gloucester Radio interview: Annie comes in at 1:24:00!
Her piece also features within the BBC News channel
And see her video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDOy9JhnvDU&feature=youtube_gdata
Aakash, 16 yrs, from London will be joining Annie at the COP15. Since he was seven years old he's had an interest in climate change. "When I learnt about deforestation and recycling, I went home and I insisted that we recycled everything that I got my hands on. As I have grown older and learnt more about the issue I have come to understand the dire effects it will have on OUR generation and how this is now one of the many fightings to save OUR planet."
Aakash has been sharing his views on COP15 on the BBC School Report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/8389059.stm
Leon, 17 yrs, from Grimsby in the North East of the UK, is a member of Plan UK's Youth 
Advisory Panel. He is interested in youth participation as well as climate change and has attended the Bonn UNFCCC intercessional in June 2008 and the EU Green Week in September 2009.
Advisory Panel. He is interested in youth participation as well as climate change and has attended the Bonn UNFCCC intercessional in June 2008 and the EU Green Week in September 2009. "Young people speak the truth and climate change threatens our future. Together we can change that whilst at the Copenhagen talks. It's time for young people to 'be a part of it'.
"Climate change will dictate our future. The issue of climate change is staring at us in the face, yet nothing is being done about it.
As the future, it's down to us to clean up the mess. So today we should be part of discussions and action on climate change," says Leon.
"Climate change will dictate our future. The issue of climate change is staring at us in the face, yet nothing is being done about it.
As the future, it's down to us to clean up the mess. So today we should be part of discussions and action on climate change," says Leon.
Read Leon's views on The Grimsby Telegraph:http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Leon-s-climate-summit/article-1582005-detail/article.html
From Kenya
Joseph, 12yrs, is the youngest of the delegation, but that hasn't stopped him from being very active campaigning on climate change. He is a member of his Primary School Environmental Club, and has taken part in environmental conservation activities, and participated in shooting a BBC film on the effects of climate change."Joining the youth delegation to Copenhagen is important to me because it will improve my knowledge on how climate change has affected my country and the whole world. It will give me a chance to ask leaders from developed and developing countries what they are doing to reduce activities that lead to emission of harmful gases to the atmosphere. I am looking forward to also meet children and young people from other parts of the world," says Joseph.
Beatrice, 13yrs, lives with her older sister in a small village along the Nairobi-Mwingi highway. She has just completed her primary education and hopes to start secondary school next year.
She says of her home: "Kithyoko is a nice place but it is extremely dry... it is highly populated... so competition for resources and food is high."
Beatrice is hoping to learn a lot at Copenhagen: "I feel privileged to be part of the youth delegation for Copenhagen. I am hoping to do my best in representing the Kenyan children and and Africa at large.
"Given the opportunity, I shall express my feelings and views about climate change and how it is affecting the children of Africa. I will share the information I will gather from the conference with other children.
"I will share ideas with children from different countries on how to cope up with the effects of harsh climate and how to try to preserve the environment. We are the future leaders and if we understand the effects of climate change now, later in life we can save our countries," says Beatrice.
From Indonesia
Reina, 13yrs is from Jakarta . She is leading a student group at her school, aiming to educate children and young people in Indonesia about climate change.
"I want to be an‘agent of change’. Climate change is an important issue for young people in both developed and developing countries. For those in developed countries, it is important they are aware so that they can change its effects, like for example manage their electricity better, whereas for the young people in developing countries, it impacts their daily lives.
Climate change can result in natural disasters, such as drought and floods. All of these have very crucial effects on developing countries, such as my country, where we have recently experienced earthquakes."
Karida, 15yrs, is also from Jakarta where, "people are really friendly and the weather is almost always warm and sunny. Jakata is also multicultural... there is a lot of delicious food available," she says. Karida has previously represented her school at the South East Asia Model United Nations Conference. She is looking forward to seeing how the delegates represent their countries, and how they plan to deal with climate change at home and worldwide. "Climate change will affect my future," she adds.
Dita, 17 yrs, is from Angka Island. She says :"The place where I live
now is in a dangerous condition. There are so many tin mining activities which cause serious damage to the environment. The tin miners just think about their today’s life. They do not care for future generations. Being a part of Plan’s young journalist delegation to Copenhagen is very important to me. By attending the COP conference I hope it will open my mind and lthat I earn from the many ideas on how to solve the bad impact of climate change and so we can do real action to rescue my island."From Sweden
Carl, 16yrs, is from Uppsala, near Stockholm and believes
"Everybody should take interest in national and international issues and take part in democratic processes. Climate change is one of those issues and children are a big part of populations all over the world. This experience is also important for my own development and learning in journalism, environment issues and politics. And of course, I have the best of expectations that this will be very challenging and a lot of fun.The importance of climate change as an issue is a no-brainer. It especially concerns younger people as it is our world, the world of tomorrow, that will face the toughest outcomes of global warming. We see direct outcomes of climate change already today, which makes the call for action only more urgent."
Büsra, 17 yrs old, is originally from Turkey and lives in Stockholm with her
family. She believes, "The time has come to do something about climate change and the unfairness in the world. I want to help change and be a part of the changes in the world. We know that many children don’t know their rights and haven’t the knowledge about what to do, to stop the consequences of climate change. They are intelligent, and if they get to know and spread what they know -- they can together make change. At home, I have converted my big family to a more climate smart family. I hope that, at Copenhagen, they will agree, and after the meeting really start working for climate change and children’s rights."From the Netherlands
Marius, 16yrs, lives in a quiet neighborhood near the busy city of Rotterdam.
"Climate change will have the deepest impact on young people and therefore we should be present at Copenhagen. And there is no better way to represent us than sending children to Copenhagen! I really like to write and discuss about topics on climate change. It is probably the most important issue for young people all over the world, because if we do nothing the difference between poor and rich will become bigger and bigger. Another reason is that the generation of people who are young now will be affected the most and will have to come up with solutions. So I want to approach as many people as possible and talk with them about climate change and how this will affect us."
