Krönikor
Tema APPROVED: Long overdue, crucially needed, already successful
Just months before the first COP meeting in an Arab country was held, a new organization rose to the challenge: the Arab Youth Climate Movement. Activists from all over the Arab world – some completely newly bred, all with the assistance of IndyACT and 350.org, among other transnational climate NGOs – then descended upon Doha and, fittingly, led the first ever protest marsh in Qatar. For Panorama (which heartily approves the AYCM, as already evinced) two core members relate the AYCM’s story and planned future, including the connection to the now more than two years old Arab Spring. They also share the organization’s strong opinion on the climate-negotiations circus that in many ways have fostered the organization.
By: Ahmed Mohammed Kheir & Moussa Elimane