WYCJ Latin America Hosts Regional Youth Gathering on Climate Justice
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WYCJ Latin America Hosts Regional Youth Gathering on Climate Justice: More than 30 young people come together in Costa Rica to work for climate justice.
From April 12th to 14th, the Latin America Front of World's Youth for Climate Justice, in partnership with Climate Reality Project Latin America, organized the Regional Youth Gathering on Climate Justice at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights.
The event brought together young activists from Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador with the aim of learning, sharing, and collaborating to address the climate crisis and promote climate justice in the region.
The Regional Gathering featured panelists from the Inter-American Association for Environmental Defense, the Platform on Disaster Displacement, La Ruta del Clima, the International Institute on Social Responsibility and Human Rights, the Youth and Climate Change Network of Costa Rica, Climate Reality Project Latin America, and World's Youth for Climate Justice.
For three days, young people actively participated in workshops and conferences on various topics related to climate justice, including political advocacy, strategic communication, and social mobilization for change. The meeting also explored how young people can participate in consultative proceedings before the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, as well as their relationship with human rights in the Americas.
Emiko Sepúlveda Mabe (Chile), General Coordinator of the Chilean Conference of Youth, stated:
"It is very important that, as youth, we demand that our states be present in the proceedings before the International Court of Justice. This is necessary so that the Court's opinion benefits all of us in a positive way in terms of human rights and climate justice."
Miguel Chi Puga (Mexico), Vice-President of the College of Civil Engineers of Yucatan, affirmed:
"The efforts of World's Youth for Climate Justice in Latin America are important because a consultative opinion will clarify the obligations of states regarding human rights, and will provide us with greater tools for the technical implementation of international climate commitments."
Lucía Rodríguez Delgado (Costa Rica), member of the Youth and Climate Change Network of Costa Rica, stated:
"Young people bring to the discussion table the sense of urgency with which this issue deserves to be treated, and as a society, we have the duty to act in favor of social justice for this and future generations, which will not be achieved without true climate justice. Through these processes, we can demand that states fulfill their share of responsibility in the face of this problem and promote closing the gaps that affect vulnerable groups."
