The AYCC is part of an international youth climate movement that spans the globe. We’ve sent youth delegations to UN climate negotiations in Bali 2007, Poland 2008, Copenhagen 2009 and Mexico 2010. In December 2010 we sent a team of 14 youth leaders (including two Indigenous delegates) to attend the climate talks in Cancun. We [...]
2010 Federal Election
February 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Elephants and superheroes took centre stage in August 2010 as AYCC’s Federal Election campaign ran with resounding success. During the election, the AYCC ran a non-partisan campaign to propel climate change to the forefront of the political agenda in the minds of voters, politicians and in the media. The campaign focused on three Senate races [...]
Power Shift 2010
February 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In July and August 2010, the AYCC ran three youth climate summits to connect, educate and inspire young people to act on climate change. They were held in politically strategic areas on the three weekends leading up to the Federal Election: the perfect opportunity to show our leaders that young people want strong leadership on [...]
Climate Reality Week
February 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As climate sceptics toured Australia in early 2010, young people got out in their communities to dispel climate myths in a national AYCC competition. Using creative actions, media and climate presentations, hundreds of young people sent a strong message to Australia: The Climate is Changing: We Can’t Escape Reality. Entries included: Banner drop at the [...]
Youth Decide
February 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
Youth Decide was Australia’s first national youth climate vote, organised by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition in partnership with World Vision Australia. From Sept 14 -21, our team of over 2,000 volunteers in every State and Territory organised 330 Youth Decide voting events held at schools, Universities, TAFEs and community centres around the country. In [...]
Power Shift 2009
February 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Power Shift was Australia’s first national youth climate summit, held July 11th – 13th 2009 at the University of Western Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. 1,500 youth attended Power Shift 2009 from every State & Territory in Australia. Power Shift brought together the brightest young minds, the most influential of their peer group, [...]
