InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – European Union (EU) and the members officially ended the Climate Diplomacy Week (CDW)in Indonesia on Sunday (6/10/2019). In the same day, the youth from Indonesia shared their experiences about how they were the pioneers or the role models to solve the climate emergency. They told that the other youth could follow them.
“The youth movement globally in the climate action is the proof that the people increase their awareness that the climate change is real and urgent until now,” the Attorney of Ad Interim, EU Delegation, Charles-Michel Geurts said in the official statement to InfoSAWIT.
He also mentioned that during the CDW, many witnessed the innovative program that focused to the climate. what more exciting is that the youth from Indonesia starts this and they are committed.
The CDW 2019 – from 23 September to 6 October 2019 within the theme "Kaum Muda dan Aksi Iklim" was done because many youth lead the action, to be heard, and claim the government, the company to do actions.
EU also presented 15 activities in partnership with 7 embassies from the members of EU, one ministry, 19 institutions, organization, community, and 12 opinion leaders or celebrities from Indonesia.
The activities took kinds of issues in climate change, such as, the forest conservation and sea; renewable energy; sustainable agriculture, the responsible production and consumption; and green perspective city governance plans. These were done in many formats, starting from workshop, discussion, competition and games, cook demo, podcast, illustration, cartoon, environmental cleaning program, music show, and film.
“European Union supports the youth because we do concern about the climate change. We do appreciate every efforts to increase the awareness and attention to the urgent and crucial issues. We do hope to have more programs from the youth to run sustainably in Indonesia. We want that this would end at this time and the positive environment would fade. As the next thing in CDW, we would continue to make cooperation with the partners by making campaign that we call ‘Greenmix’,” Geurts said in the closing event.
In the closing day of the event, it was attended by Ambassador of Poland, Beata Stoczy?ska; Director of Français d’Indonésie Institute, Stephane Dovert. The partners from CDW also shared their experiences during the week and told their messages and impressions when fighting for the climate change. They insisted the commitment and real actions from the youth and the people to the climate change. The Rain, as the band who performed that day by singing ‘Today for Our Tomorrow” the band created, was as the theme song in the CDW of Europe and Indonesia. (T2)
