The Youth Love Egypt foundation (YLE) completed its participation in the summer school for climate justice training in Nairobi’s Kenyatta University, organised by Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) with attendance from 45 countries.
Participants from The YLE foundation were awarded certificates at the closing ceremony of the Climate Justice School training which continued from August 30 to September 11.
YLE is a non-profit organisation working in the field of protecting the environment.
Throughout the two-week training, YLE participants learned about the background, history and evolution of the concept of climate change and the global climate movement. They also learned about navigating geopolitical dynamics in climate change advocacy, environment and demography.
The 3rd day of the training discussed the north-south ideological standpoints, global group-politics to climate change.
The 4th and 5th day of the training, a session was held under the title” The history of international environmental policy – Stockholm, Johannesburg and Rio Summits to give an insight into in the global efforts to minimize the impact of climate change.
Head of the YLE foundation Ahmed Fathi spoke of the efforts made by the Egyptian State in setting up projects adapting to the climate change as well as enacting environment laws that have contributed significantly to combatting air pollution resulting from burning rice straw and industrial factories. He also spoke of the foundation’s role in spreading awareness in Egyptian universities about the dangers of the use of plastic and advocating safer alternatives
Fathi spoke of the foundation’s role in spreading awareness in Egyptian universities about the dangers of the use of plastic and advocating safer alternatives.
on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United National Environment Programme (UNEP), Fathi moderated in an important session titled “What the UNEP Means to African Youth.. How Can the UNEP strengthen its engagement with Youth”. The dialogue during this session captured the voices of African Youth as they reflected on 50 years of UNEP’s existence.
On the sidelines of the training, Fathi visited Karura Forest to learn about conservation efforts there and the success story of ridding the forest of encroachments.
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