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Everyone Can Play A Part!

Think about it!

Kenneth Wong

Singapore

ECO[LOGICAL]

Conference

TOKYO, JAPAN

4 AUGUST 2010


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"People often say that motivationdoesnt last.

Well, neither does bathing thats

why we recommend it daily"

Zig Ziglar


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Coral reefs, are very sensitive to

changes in seawater temperature Changes in Ocean Circulation: Warm and

Cold Current

Melting of Glaciers and Ice-sheets


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Wat r Rati x r i f r it ff ri fr r t

and at ave

Dr t and eat aveaffecting

t egr ing fcr p and

vegetati n


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Coral reef fringing oatan,

Honduras

Changes in

biodiversity and

ecosystem

Deadly Fungus infecting am hibian Frog


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Building up to COP16

Youth oles in COPy

Three key areas: Plenary, Contact Group, Informaly Intervention

y Youths can speak up at COP/CMP, AWG-KP, AWG-LCA, SBSTA

and SBI

y Side note: AWG (Ad-Hoc Working Group); KP Kyoto Protocol;

LCA: Long-term Cooperative Action; SBSTA - Subsidiary Body

for Scientific and Technological Advice; and SBI - Subsidiary

Body on Implementation

y Action

y Can be either planned or reactive action (to counter policies

changes)

y Coffee Session

y To get up-close with policy-makers and decision makers to

network and push your ideas forward to them to accept.

y Youth Contact Group YOUNGO; not only to get involved

locally but also internationally through joining www.unfccc.intand www.youthclimate.org.


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International Alliance

UNEP TUNZA - SEAYEN


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Knowledge Sharing &

Capacity Building


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Youth ole & Involvement in COP

(Capacity Building)


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(Networking)


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(Community Engagement)


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(Social emonstration ???)


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(Intervention)

Youth Presentation Media Interview

InterventionYouth Declaration

InterventionPlenary Session


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(Networking with Policy Makers)

Dr Yaacob Ibrahim

Minister for Environment and Water

esources

Mr Ohki Hiroshi

President of COP3

Mr John Prescott

ormer UKDe ut Prime Minister

Ambassador Lumumba

Chief of G77 and China


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Enough Talk

Act Now


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Never Under-estimate the

POWER Of YOUths!


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Never Under-estimate the

POWER Of YOUths!


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E O TS

VWOs / NPOs

/ NGOsG ASS OOT

O GANISATIONS

INDIVIDUALS

GOVE NMENT

SCHOOLS

COMMUNITY

P IVATE

O GANISATIONS

YOUTH

O GANISATIONS

A WHOLESOME Approach


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y Lazinessy To segregate waste

y Inconveniencey Thus indirectly, promoting use of Styrofoam materials

y Misjudgementy Short-Term Cost vs Long-Term Saving

y No Immediate Benefits /

Benefits are Intangibles

y Inertiay Continuing the existing habits that maybe wasteful


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y Forgetfulness

y F

orget to switch off lights / air-con, turn off runningtaps

y

NIMBY - Not in my back yardy No sense of ownership

y Group Inertia

y Others are not doing /Waiting for others to do


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Principles in Approach

y Lower Barriers

y Bypass human factors using technology

y E.g. Using Timer Switch / Installing water saving devices kit

y

Increase convenience and opportunityy Tailor initiatives to suit behaviours

y Incremental and broad-base approach

y

Pick battles carefully and focus on a few significantintervention

y More people doing alittle

y Rather than few people doing a lot


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Principles in Approach

y Employ benefits and incentives strategicallyy Give people a stake of positive behaviours

y Sharpen the perspective of losses in trade-off

y Help people to cope with (short-term) losses

y Gentle social pressurey Removing social stigma - E.g. I want to adopt a eco-friendly

lifestyle but feel weird as people will give me a different look

y Removing the over-reliance idea E.g. There are cleanersemployed to keep the surrounding clean, so its alright for me

to litter


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Be a ROLE MODEL

to the YOUths and Community!


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So, lets us Think Again:

Can YOU Play A Part

in this Global War against

Climate Change?


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ECO[LOGICAL]

TOKYO, JAPAN

4 AUGUST 2010

Kenneth Wong

Singapore

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