12/05/2024
📌 Cotabato City
30 youth leaders from Cotabato City, Kabuntalan, and South Upi have increased their capacity to advocate climate actions in their respective organizations and municipalities.
The youth participants have identified solid waste management and flooding as the major problems that people face in their community. According to them, these issues pose a threat to food and water security, shelter, and livelihood of the people, especially those living in high-risk areas.
Through a workshop, the youth leaders realized that they have the power to claim their space, and to push forward issues that matter to them; that they have the right to participate and recommend solutions; and that they have their roles to play in advocating for changes in their community, particularly on disaster risk reduction and climate change.
As the next generation of leaders and trailblazers in their communities, they must become aware of the different issues their generation might continue to face if they do not challenge the system and advocate for change.
The youth leaders from Cotabato City, Kabuntalan, and South Upi will receive support from UNICEF Philippines, the Bright, Adaptive, and Transformative Actions on Climate Change and Adaptation Programme (BATA on CCA), in their journey of developing evidence-based advocacy on climate actions.