Climate young to young »How will the

world be – will

h a t s
?! ?
we still be here.«

...w That was one of

the questions
asked at the

up
Children’s Clima-
te Workshop at
Copenhagen City
Hall yesterday.
 Foto: Ricardo Pires

■ »We want to take the environ-

ment seriously,« Oskar Munk
Kronik says, when the Child-
rens Climate Forum began at
Copenhagen City Hall.
The 14-year old
student is from
one of Copen-
hagens 22 host
schools for the
meeting, where
164 delega-
tes from 44
countries are
gathered. The Childrens Cli-
mate Forum lasts until 4th of
December, and the purpose is to
compose a Children’s declaration,
which is presented by Connie

The world is on the line

Hedegaard before the adult’s
conference (COP15)

■ There was a formal visit at the

opening ceremony at Copenha-
gen City Hall, where ballerinas
from The Royal Ballet Academy
performed for the climate. And
Countess Alexandra was
one of the speakers, as projector
for UNICEF. »It is my world, it is
your world, but most important it
is our world,« Alexandra announ-
ced in her speech, which was
received with great enthusiasm
from the delegates.
■ Laughter and happy voices fill
the air at Copenhagen City Hall,
and the sound of many different
native languages is heard eve-
rywhere. Different stands have
been put up, which represent the
44 countries participating in the
Children’s Climate Forum. The
stands are made by the children
themselves, and can be seen till
Friday from 8am – 5pm.
44 countries are gathered in Copen-
hagen to take part in workshops
about adaption. The interesting
thing is when we speak about cli-
mate changes the solution is adap-
tion and not mitigation.
By Julia Kuhn - Philip Krebs - Sophie
Himmelstrup - Simone Lucas and Terese
Michelsen
■ »How will the world be – will we still be
here? «. That is the first question which
strikes 16 years old Zakaria Merodi
from Morocco, who is sitting at one of the
workshops at Copenhagen City Hall. You
can see the desperation in his eyes when he
mentions the climate catastrophes in his
country. Zakaria Merodi lives in the Cen-
tral Agadre and he is aware of the climate
changes. In 1960 an earthquake took place
in Agadre and the whole city was destroyed.
»
children have
to drop out of
school because they
have to search for
food because of the
drought.
fabian rogers wandera, kenya
Adaption is a possibility when it comes to
climate catastrophes Agadre is an example
to adaption. Because of the earth quake
back in 1960 they are now reconstructing
the houses so they are protected against
future catastrophes.
Make a change
Zakaria Merodi is concerned about the for-
mer climate disasters and he is afraid he
might experience the same earthquake
that hit 49 years ago. Zakarai Merodi is an
ambassador of Morocco who is participa-
ting in the Children’s Climate Forum, he is
here to make a change.
»It is important to participate and we
hope to be taken seriously,« he says.
Zakaria Merodi sees things in another
perspective than one of the other ambassa-
dors, Fabian Rogers Wandera from
Kenya.
»Children have to drop out of school
because they have to search for food becau-
se of the drought,« Fabian says.
This is one of the consequences of the
climate changes and the problems are dif-
ferent worldwide.
In India the problem is no clean water,
and here the solution has also been adap-
tion. They have built new water facilities to
improve the possibilities for clean water. It
is a fact that there are many different ty-
pes of problems but it is impossible to stop
the climate changes though it is possible to
adapt to the surroundings.

Youth journalists
covering the Children’s WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN TO ATTEND THE CHILDREN’S CLIMATE FORUM?
Climate Forum

In the week prior to the

COP15, 164 teenagers
from 44 countries are
participating in their own
climate forum in Copen-
hagen City Hall, hoping
to influence the decisions
of the world leaders. But
adults are prohibited. The
Danish Newspaper Urban
has made an alliance with
youth journalists from Sabrina Chaoui, 16 years old, Canada Chen Xizhao, 16 years old, Kina Kasaka Chisambwe Katengo, 15 years old,
Oerestad Gymnasium to Zambia
join the fight in giving the ■ »I think that climate change is a huge is- ■ »When I saw the movie ’The Day Af-
children a voice in the in- sue, and I believe that it’s important to take ter Tomorrow’ I realized that the climate ■ »I believe that our environment is very
ternational climate debate. action. By attending the Children’s Clima- changes is a global problem. I see it as my important. It is important that the children
te Forum, I feel like I take action. Because duty to help prevent this from happening. I participate in the climate debate, because
This wallpaper has been made I bring my knowledge and share it with hope and I wish that we could stop debating we are supposed to take responsibility for
possible through the part- all the delegates from the other countries, all the time. The leaders should act united this planet in not too many years. It will
nerships of Urban, the City of while I learn so much from them. Then I go and as human beings instead of separated be easier to decide what to do about the en-
Copenhagen, UNICEF Denmark home with so much new knowledge, which world leaders. It is every human beings vironment when we grow up, if we start to
and Oerestad Gymnasium. I can share at home.« responsibility to help prevent the climate take action now.«
changes. «