Youth and government united against the effects of climate change | Chronic

The Secretary for the Environment and Sustainable Development of the Nation, Sergio Bergman, your chef de cabinet, Patricia Holzman, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) René Mauricio Valdésand the UNDP Environment and Sustainable Development Coordinator, Maria Eugenia Di Paola, they received in the offices of UNDP Argentina local representatives of the Alliance for Climate movement.

The purpose of this meeting was to open a space for dialogue and exchange between Argentina's youth organizations, governments and international cooperation agencies included in the Climate Action Program.

Bergman, Holzman, Valdés and Di Paola listened attentively Máximo Mazzoco, Stéphanie Cabovianco, Luisa Tang, Matias Gonzalo López, Nicole Becker, Bruno Rodríguez, Ludmila Feldman and Gastón Tenenbaum, members of Eco House, Acclimatizing, Free Animal, Youth for the Climate, Sustainable Planet, who are conducting a series of actions to highlight the need for greater awareness of the effects of climate change in the country.

Youth for the climate presents today the bill declaring the state of emergency climate in our country. They will then join various leaders of social, political and academic organizations who will lead an international mobilization to fight against the climate crisis. "We demand to declare the state of emergency climatic and ecological on the whole national territory, as well as urgent measures to fight against the climatic change and its consequences"they say.

Young people identify in the effects of climate change a serious threat to the sustainability of life on the planet.

Bergman recognized as very positive "The possibility to generate productive links also with youth organizations, which is a fundamental badet to progress in this way". The challenge is "Combine pbadion and patience to maintain a vital commitment to the present and the future of new generations around the world" he pointed.

Valdés recalled for his part that "The United Nations recognizes the unique potential of young people, resulting in their ability to propose and lead innovative actions, to bring about change at all levels, and thus the natural destiny of many programs and initiatives. international cooperation ".

Likewise, the young participants in Alianzaxelclima, appreciated the opportunity offered by UNDP Argentina to maintain this dialogue with Secretary General Bergman, who agreed with Holzman, Valdés and Di Paola to prepare a schedule of meetings with the technical teams both entities and representatives of youth organizations to progress in building more in-depth knowledge and capacity building that summarize the common interest revealed. & nbsp.