Himalayan Youth to send Climate Change Appeal to the World Leader

Kathmandu, Nepal – With the slogan “A Safe Climate is My Right”, the Climate for Life petition drive was officially launched in Kathmandu last week। Over the next two months, Campaign volunteers will be mobilized to schools nationwide to educate students about Climate Change issues and ask them to send out an appeal to world leaders to take an effective decision on this issue at Copenhagen in December.

The Youth Petition under the sub-Campaign Climate for My Life, is addressed to the UN Secretary General H।E. Ban Ki-moon by the young citizens of this world, and asserts their right to a safe Climate, which has been violated by the irresponsible behavior of their preceding generations.

In Nepal, Climate for Life along with its partner organizations Clean Energy Nepal, Small Earth Nepal and School Environment conservation education network (SENSE) Nepal – will be working with scores of volunteers in this massive petition drive aiming to collect signatures of at least two hundred thousand students from more than 35 percent of schools of Kathmandu and also around Nepal।

At a ceremony in Kathmandu, the petition drive was officially launched by six young school students of the Valley. The students read out the petition text in Nepali and English and signed the petition online, launching the signature Campaign.
The Youth petition is also available online in the Campaign website (Click here )and can be signed by anyone between 13 – 21 years of age.