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The Tunza International Youth Conference will take place from the 21 to 26 August 2009 in Daejeon, Korea. The event which is being organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in cooperation with UNEP's National Committee for the Republic of Korea is designed to be used to promote environmental awareness and good practices amongst young people. The Conference is also used to develop regional plans of actions and to get commitments from the youth on environmental actions/projects they would pursue.
Designated to commence immediately after the International Children's Conference, the event allows for a one day (21 August) overlap with the Tunza International children's conference to give both the children and youth the opportunity to exchange views on the state of the environment and to have a forum with high profile UN, political and business leaders to discuss their fears and concerns for the environment and climate change. About 200 young people will attend the Conference.
The daily themes for the youth conference include: 'Youth and Climate Change, Green Jobs and Sustainable Consumption'. The Conference will culminate in the preparation of a statement on climate change to be shared with government leaders and to be presented to the Copenhagen Summit December 2009. In addition, new members will be elected to the Tunza Youth Advisory Council (TYAC) - a group of 12 youth leaders who advise UNEP on youth and the environment.
Previous conferences have been held in USA, Korea, Denmark, Russia, India and in 2007 the conference was held in Leverkusen, Germany. For more details please visit: www.unep.org/Tunza/youth/
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