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Indonesian Youth offer solutions to tackle Climate Change: FPCI #Indonesia4Climate Video Competition Winners Announcement, Showcase and Virtual Ceremony

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#Indonesia4Climate Video Competition - 

 

A video competition to find Indonesian youth with great ideas to tackle global heating and who are taking action to stop it – has attracted 218 video entries, with many thousands of views online.

The theme of the competition – many roads lead to Net Zero (#Indonesia4Climate) – emphasises that to stop contributing to climate change, people all need to be involved, and many different actions need to be taken. Together these actions can add up to big changes, and make othe world safe for future generations.

 

Ideas from Indonesian youth included: planting mangroves to absorb greenhouse gas emissions and protect fish stocks for local communities; using solar panels to generate cheap electricity anywhere in Indonesia; changing the fashion industry to emphasise more sustainable practices; reducing the amount of waste we make and recycling waste we do create; making more food with less space by using hydroponic agriculture; and many many more great ideas.

 

The Award Ceremony take place via Zoom, and streamed live on the FPCI’s YouTube Account. It is hoped that by highlighting the ideas of Indonesia’s young and talented youth - government, businesses, and financial institutions will step up to support their efforts, so their innovations can be expanded quickly and at scale.

 

The Competition was organised by Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), and funded by the British Embassy, Embassy of Italy and Embassy of Sweden. Prize winners and finalists will receive prizes originating from the UK, Italy and Sweden.

 

The Competition comes ahead of COP26, the big international conference to tackle climate change, which this year is organised in partnership by the UK and Italy, and is due to take place in Glasgow, UK this November.

 

According to a press release received by Voice of Indonesia on Friday (10/09/21), Founder of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, Dr. Dino Patti Djalal said that the strongest voice calling for safe climate future must come from the youth. He was glad to see from this video contest young Indonesians calling out that climate security is by far the most critical issue of the time. 

On the same occassion, British Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Owen Jenkins said that Indonesian young people have incredible ideas for making Net Zero happen. One small act of kindness for the environment is already worth doing, and when many millions of small acts are added together you can get something really big. By unlocking the ideas of Indonesia’s youth – in a country where 50% of the population is under the age of 30 – we can save our planet by implementing innovative ideas, and make the world better for everyone.

Meanwhile the Ambassador of Italy to Indonesia Benedetto Latteri said that Italy, as Partner Country of the UK Chair of COP26, prepares to host the Youth4Climate event in Milan, He welcome the high level of engagement, ingenuity and positive thinking that the Indonesian youth have shown in participating in this video competition. Indonesia is and will be a key player in shaping up a greener and more sustainable future for the planet and its young people are the driving force behind the contribution that the Country can offer to the global community in fighting climate change.

Attending the event, Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia Marina Berg said that Climate change is the defining crisis of the time. It is happening faster than predicted, but people can all contribute to prevent its most dangerous effects. The proportion of young people in the world is the largest in history and people need to recognise youth as true agents of change. She was so happy to see the engagement and activism of Indonesian youth during this campaign. The actions are in line with Sweden’s climate objectives to achieve Sustainable Development Goals//VOI-NK

 

 

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