Young people enter global debate on climate change
HeadsUp is hosting an online debate for young people on climate change in advance of the UN summit taking place in Copenhagen in December. They will discuss the issues with a range of decision-makers and policy-makers who will feed their views into discussions at the global summit.
The debate will take place from 28 September - 16 October and is supported by the Department for Energy and Climate Change who will be sending a delegation to the talks.
Joan Ruddock MP, Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, will be taking part in the forum and ensuring that the young people’s views are fed into the government’s strategy for the Copenhagen summit. Ms Ruddock MP said about the forum:
“This is an excellent initiative and it gives me great pleasure to be involved with the Hansard Society. They provide a hugely valuable service in engaging young people with the political system in the UK, and this debate on climate change promises to be both exciting and important…I have always been a strong supporter of young people’s involvement in political processes, and your enthusiasm, energy and ideas are a vibrant and welcome influence in international decision-making, particularly decisions as critical as climate change."
For more information about the other decision-makers getting involved visit the who's listening? section....