Intergenerational forum on peace, the climate, nuclear disarmament and the pandemic
Event Date: 19th January 2021
Location: Internet 14:00 GMT
UNFOLD ZERO and Youth Fusion update
We cordially invite you to join an Intergenerational forum on peace, the climate, nuclear disarmament and the pandemic on Tuesday January 19, and the PACEY Plus Youth Prize 2021voting and award ceremony which will take place as part of the forum. Click here to register for this participatory online event.
The forum will bring together youth, experts and policy makers to discuss actions and effective policies for peace, disarmament, the climate and public health especially in times of pandemic.
Speakers at the forum include:
- Marzhan Nurzhan (Kazakhstan/Switzerland), Co-Convenor of Youth Fusion, the Abolition 2000 Youth Network for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World;
- Divina Maloum (Cameroon), Founder of Children for Peace. International Children’s Peace Prize Co-winner 2019 (with Greta Thunberg);
- Marie-Claire Graf (Switzerland). President of the Swiss Associations of Student Organizations for Sustainability. Leader of Swiss youth climate strikes. Representative of Youth Present;
- Prof. Dr Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (Germany), Past Chairman of the German Bundestag Environment Committee, Honorary President of the Club of Rome;
- Maria Fernanda Espinosa (Ecuador), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the UN General Assembly (2018-2019), Chair of the World Future Council Commission on the Rights of Children and Youth;
- Baroness Sue Miller (UK), Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. Vice-Chair of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation.
We need to listen to youth
‘Young people in Europe and around the world are standing up to demand action on climate change, war and nuclear weapons.They clearly see the threats to current and future generations, and are calling on city leaders and governments to take action to avert a catastrophe. It’s time we heeded their warnings and listened to their ideas.’Prof Andreas Nidecker MD, President of the Basel Peace Office and founder of the PACEY Prize. ‘
PACEY Plus Prize
The PACEY Plus Prize honours and supports innovative youth-led projects to advance peace, climate protection and disarmament, especially nuclear disarmament. Two prizes of €5000 Euro each will be awarded – one for a project from Europe and one for a global youth project or from outside of Europe.
The six finalists whose projects will be presented at the Forum are:
Europe project:
- Towards the enforcement of the right to peace, a project proposal from Platform for Peace and Humanity(Slovakia) to establish a Global Coalition of Youth Ambassadors for the Right to Peace, which would advocate in countries of the ambassadors as well as at the UN to strengthen the Right to Peace as a human and legal right;
- Enhance Peace, a project of Religions for Peace European Interfaith Youth Network to engage faith-based youth, women and religious leaders across Europe on peace, environmental peacebuilding, inter-faith understanding & cooperation, intergenerational dialogue and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
- Mock parliamentary resolutions on nuclear disarmament, a project of Initiatives pour le Désarmement Nucléaire and “Le Parlement des Etudiants” to educate and train French youth in nuclear disarmament advocacy with a focus on advancing legislative initiatives in the French parliament.
- World’s Youth for Climate Justice, a youth-led campaign to achieve an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations to reduce carbon emissions to protect future generations;
- Keep it in the Ground for Peace, a project of Youth for Environment and Sustainable Development advocating to keep fossil fuels in the ground to help reduce carbon emissions and to prevent fossil/fuel based conflicts;
- Nagasaki Youth Delegation, a nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament training program for youth from Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities attacked with nuclear bombs in 1945. Members of the program participate in key UN and civil society forums relating to nuclear disarmament.
Inspiring youth projects and initiatives
“We received nominations of many inspiring youth projects and project proposals from around the world. The six finalists are just a sample of the quality and level of youth action on these important issues for humanity and the planet.”
Ms Marzhan Nurzhan, Deputy-Director of the Basel Peace Office and Co-convenor of Youth FusionWe hope that you will be able to join this exciting event. Click here to register.
Yours sincerely
UNFOLD ZERO and Youth Fusion