tailieunhanh - Fighting Climate Change: Human solidarity in a divided world

While effective media communication always aims to strengthen trust, its specific objectives can vary. The intention in some situations may be to proactively raise awareness of actual or potential risk, or to inform people prior to an emergency so they are better prepared to respond. In other cases, it may be a more reactive response to an existing situation. Other purposes include informing individuals and disseminating information on how to mitigate the effects of an emergency. In yet other cases, the purpose may be to build consensus and engage people in a public dialogue | u N D p Fighting Climate Change Human solidarity in a divided world A young people s summary of the United Nations Human Development Report 2007 2008 By young people of the world peace CHILD 1NTHBNATB3NAL Odegrees OF SEPARATION BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR contents EDITOR Aoife O Grady Ireland DESIGNER Natalia Aguilar Santos Ecuador PROJECT COORDINATOR Oliver O Callaghan Ireland 6 @0 ti aQ@ O O MEDIA COORDINATOR Adam MacIsaac Canada United Nations foreword WEBMASTER Matthias Schmidt Germany Youth foreword Climate change living in an experiment never before conducted What is human development The poor - suffering the most but contributing the least Robbing tomorrow to pay for today Fighting for your rights Actions today for results tomorrow Mitigation stopping the problem from growing Adaptation living with existing climate change United we stand Young visions for the future 2 C leaves us with 2 options Global problems to individual solutions Youth action Taking to the streets Youth action Extraordinary tales Further action by youth of this publication may be reproduced without charge in whole or in part and in any form for edu- cational purposes without special permission provided that Peace Child International UNDP and the author or photographer concerned are credited as the source and the editors are notified in writing. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from Peace Child International and UNDP. All images in this report have been reproduced with the knowledge and prior consent of the artists concerned and no responsibility is accepted by the producer publisher or printer for any infringement of copyright or otherwise arising from the contents of this publication. Every effort has been made to ensure that the credits accurately comply with the information supplied. The views expressed in this publication represent those of the authors and not necessarily those of Peace Child