Children speak out at climate change conference

Indonesian students taking part in a national campaign to plant millions of trees ahead of the conference PHOTO: Reuters/Murdani Usman, courtesy www.alertnet.org

29 November 2007: Plan is supporting 4 young delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali on 3-14 December, to help children claim their right to a voice in international policy making.

To date, children's voices on climate change have been largely absent from UN climate change negotiations.

Plan believes children have the right to be heard and to expect the successor of the Kyoto Protocol to meet their needs – given that children will bear the greatest consequences of climate change.

Plan, together with the UK's National Children's Bureau and Institute of Development Studies, is supporting 4 young delegates from the Philippines, Indonesia, Sweden and the UK.

Challenging ministers

The delegates will observe the negotiations, challenge ministers and official delegates, participate in side events, and help design a process that allows thousands of children to have their voices heard in future international climate change meetings.

Read the delegates' daily blogs

Watch a webcast of the press conference given by the delegates - 'Influencing our future: Children’s voices in the Conference of the Parties process'

Listen to podcasts by Thomas, Hanna, Hezel and Eni about their experiences at the conference

Find out more and meet the delegates via the Plan UK website.

Learn more about Plan's work on child participation.