IYCN The Indian Youth Climate Network The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a coalition uniting Indian youth and Indian youth oriented organisations who are concerned about climate change. We, as the future leaders of the country can generate awareness and establish consensus on what role India should play in the global debate, and how it should address domestic issues of climate justice and adaptation. It is a monumental effort but one with immense potential. IYCN will be used to link up youth from across the country for the cause of climate change. With a country as large and diverse as India, establishing the necessary link- ages is important to the formation of a holistic “Indian youth perspective” on cli- mate change: • We will support each other in our projects. • We will unite for national campaigns. • We will share our stories of local climate challenges. • We will engage in workshops & conferences; learn exchange and empower each other. • We will inspire others into action. • We will change our future for the better. IYCN 1
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IYCNThe Indian Youth Climate Network
The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a coalition uniting Indian youth and Indian youth oriented organisations who are concerned about climate change. We, as the future leaders of the country can generate awareness and establish consensus on what role India should play in the global debate, and how it should address domestic issues of climate justice and adaptation. It is a monumental effort but one with immense potential.
IYCN will be used to link up youth from across the country for the cause of climate change. With a country as large and diverse as India, establishing the necessary link-ages is important to the formation of a holistic “Indian youth perspective” on cli-mate change:
• We will support each other in our projects.• We will unite for national campaigns.• We will share our stories of local climate challenges.• We will engage in workshops & conferences; learn exchange and empower
each other.• We will inspire others into action.• We will change our future for the better.
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The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) was founded in March 2008. Since its inception the net-work has seen massive growth, starting from 3 people and today its reach spanning out to over 200,000 In-dians across India.
In its short period of existence, it has generated a lot ex-citement from youth and adults at the grassroots and is now present in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Hi-machal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Maharash-tra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Kashmir, Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and are quickly moving into other regions of India.
MissionTo unite the youth of India to ensure a clean, bright fu-
ture. We aim to generate awareness and to empower a generation of young people to take effective action
against climate change, at a local, state, national and in-ternational level
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IYCN WORKS AS
A network of individuals
A coalition of member and sup-port groups
A centralized organization that runs its own programs and
projects
Achievements..
IYCN has also initiated and completed many projects in its short span of existence: our first success story being the Delhi Youth Summit on Climate. We also successfully have initiated many Campus Climate Changer groups in schools and colleges around the country and launched the IYCN Climate Leadership training in Delhi & Hi-machal Pradesh. Most recently, we held the first Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change. In the pipeline for this year our projects include:
1) The Climate Solutions Road Tour from Bangalore to Delhi, 2) Launching the Climate Leadership Program in other regions of India3) A Rural Energy Project4) National Youth Action Plan on Climate Change to be submitted to the gov-
ernment.5) Agents of Change program: sending an Indian Youth Delegation to the UN
Climate Conference in Poland.6) Participating in and supporting many upcoming grassroots initiatives across
India.
Finally IYCN has generated a lot of excitement beyond just youth and youth organi-sations. We have gotten media attention from The Hindu, Hindustan Times, The Deccan Chronical, the Deccan Times, NDTV, CNBC,. We’ve also seen strong sup-port from well renowned organisations such as Lead India, Oxfam, Greenpeace, The Climate Project India and Centre for Social Markets.
