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The Local Conference of Youth Australia
The Local Conference of Youth Australia
For young adults in Australia aged 18-35 years concerned about climate change
Become part of the voice for climate action in Australia...
We are stoked to invite you to LCOY Australia - an online conference to share knowledge on climate change & empower young adults in Australia for local action.
This event is free of charge & open to young adults living in Australia aged 18-35.
About the Event
About the Event
LCOY is a conference for young adults in Australia, aged 18 to 35, concerned about the climate crisis.
The conference will run online across 4 sessions over the weekend.
See full program here.
The theme is: Restoring the Climate: I am the Solution.
The conference will feature a variety of talks, panels and workshops from speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds.
As part of the conference, you'll have the opportunity to:
collaborate with others to build on ideas and outcomes
hear from experts and discuss solutions to restore climate change in Australia
network with like minded individuals and organisations
hear stories of success and failures from others
learn how to find common ground to make changes in behaviours
learn the importance of community and supporting others within our community
most importantly contribute to something positive for the world from a foundation of peace and respect
Together, we'll create an outcomes document suggesting individual, community, government, & organisational actions.
This will feed into the outcome document for COY (Conference of Youth) where it will be shared with UNFCCC’s Action for Climate Empowerment Secretariat.
Speakers and Panellists
Speakers and Panellists
Jimmy Cocking (CEO Arid Lands Environment Centre & Alice Spring Town Councillor)
Anthony Hill (Founder, Plastic Pollution Solutions)
Naomi Lacey (Community Gardens Australia President)
Janine McBurnie (Associate Head of School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University)
Emma O’Neill (Climate change and water expert)
Naomi Edwards (Campaigns Manager, cChange)
Joshua Gilbert (Indigenous Consultant, Agriculturalist & Innovator)
Dr Michelle Maloney (Co-founder & National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance and Co-Founder & Director, New Economy Network Australia - NENA)
Joanne Ludbrook (President, Australian Coastal Society)
Dr Johanna Nalau (Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research Fellow)
Nafisa (Award Winning Artist and Founder of Animal Works)
Brenna Quinian (Permaculture Illustrator)
Rosemary Morrow (International Permaculture Teacher and Author)
Dr Tamasin Ramsay (Research & Policy Advisor to Andy Meddick MLC, Animal Justice Party)
Lakshmi Gandu (Member of Toowoomba Youth Peace Group)
Heeta Lakhani (YOUNGO, the official youth constituency of the UNFCCC)
Renata Himiona (Company delegate for the United Nations Global Compact Young Professionals Program)
Juan J. Vázquez Milling (Representative to the UN & former candidate for the Green Party of Canada)
Sonja Ohlsson (Founder and Coordinator Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative)
Sieta Beckwith (Narrative Director, CERES)
Kirsty Argento (Community Development Professional)
Charlie Trindall (Senior Project Officer, Healing and Government Relations Directorate, Aboriginal Affairs)
How the conference will run
How the conference will run
The conference will run across 4 sessions:
Friday: 1 session, 6:30pm-8:15pm AEDT
Saturday: 2 sessions, 9:30am-1pm & 4:40pm-7:40pm AEDT
Sunday, 1 session, 10am-12:45pm AEDT
The conference will run online via Zoom. If this is your first time using Zoom, we've included a few tips here.
Once registered, keep an eye out on your emails for Zoom details closer to the start date.
What is LCOY?
What is LCOY?
In brief, Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) is an initiative of YOUNGO, the official youth constituency at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
These conferences are held in countries across the world with the aim to provide a space to boost youth climate action locally, and act as a national version of the international Conference of Youth (COY).
Background:
Formally recognized in 2009, YOUNGO serves as the official voice of young people from across the globe in the UN climate negotiations under the UNFCCC.
Since the very beginning, YOUNGO has organized and hosted a COY each year immediately prior to the annual Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC. This meeting provides a crucial space for youth to gather for networking, topical trainings, and preparation to actively engage in the COP and other UN processes relating to climate change, environmental protection and sustainable development.
In 2015, the global wave of energy around COP21, which gave us the Paris Agreement, sparked an interest by many young people who could not attend the main conferences in Paris to organize parallel conferences. Known as “Local COYs”, these meetings played a critical role in mobilizing more young people for climate action than ever before around the world.
This practice of Local COYs continued since then. As the world now moves into pursuing implementation of the Paris Agreement and raising ambitions in national and global efforts, it is more important than ever to engage young people beyond the realm of just the negotiations at the UNFCCC.
What's unique about LCOY 2021 Australia?
What's unique about LCOY 2021 Australia?
Climate change can be a heavy topic. But if we are able to connect to our own spirit our attitude can shape the quality of the outcomes of our words and actions - so our intention is to create a space of unity and collaboration, with the aim to inspire peaceful action.
For this reason we will be introducing meditation for the world and tools for self empowerment.
The Brahma Kumaris Australia is an organisation that teaches meditation and positive living, so we will be introducing a Meditation for the World in one of our sessions and offering a few fun tools for self empowerment throughout.
About the organisers
About the organisers
LCOY Australia 2021 is hosted by the Brahma Kumaris Australia.
The Brahma Kumaris is a worldwide organisation dedicated to personal transformation and world renewal through the power of meditation. It has an ongoing interest in developing programs that empower the individual.
To see how our organisation is involved with the environment you may find further information here.
To read about the Brahma Kumaris involvement in LCOY in other countries you may find a summary of reports here.
For further details, meditation tools, and events at our local meditation centres & retreat centres, visit our website here.
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