Time for Climate Action Towards YMCA Vision 2030

Last Updated (Wednesday, 26 April 2023 16:08)

As part of our continued commitment to strengthen Green Movement towards a carbon neutral YMCA by 2030, we invite you to select young staff, volunteers and leaders from your YMCAs; YMCA executive staff; and other like-minded group related to YMCA work on Climate Change and Environment to participate in our Green Ambassadors Training which will be held on 22-27 May 2023 in Chiangmai , Thailand. 

The training is one of the intervention programs of the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs in its continued efforts to combat climate change. The training generally aims to educate YMCA staff, leaders, volunteers and youth about climate change and its impact to people and communities. It is also designed to create a platform to reflect on personal and organizational practices that could bring about behavioural changes and interest in advocacy for eco-justice. The training is specifically keen to engage participants in dialogue on enhancing ‘Green Ambassadors’ capacity for environment and climate change action to secure net zero by 2030 to keep global temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach. It will also look into potential ways to contribute in rebuilding resilient societies with nature-based solutions. 

The participation fee is USD250; and registration fee which includes Green Fee is USD50USD. Registration deadline is 15 May 2023. The submission of the online registration form indicates prior arrangement/approval from the respective National/territorial Council of YMCAs. For any inquiries, please send email to Maria Cristina Miranda at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Registration link: https://forms.gle/6HCGwEWc7KqKT3G47

- Maria Cristina L. Miranda, Executive Secretary

#EarthHour2EarthDay

Last Updated (Monday, 03 April 2023 12:35)

APAY invites you to join the 29-day Climate Action Challenge
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#EarthHour2EarthDay Campaign (25 March - 22 April 2023)

Last Updated (Wednesday, 01 February 2023 12:22)

Beginning from 2023 the APAY will implement the Climate Defenders project to further enhance and consolidate the work and programs of Environment and Climate Change. The Climate Defenders project aims to combat climate change and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through building knowledge and capacity of the organisation and its young people to stop global warming. 

The APAY will launch the #EarthHour2EarthDay Campaign from 25 March - 22 April 2023. Please mark these dates in your calendar and plan to join us in this campaign. 

Objective: The main objective of this campaign is to raise awareness on global warming and how we as individuals can commit and contribute towards averting this climate crisis through our small personal and creative acts of mitigation and adaptation on climate change. 

Campaign description: A sustained 29-day Climate Action Challenge bridging two global events - beginning from Earth Hour which is observed on 25th March 2023 to Earth Day on 22nd April 2023. This campaign uploads online (FB; Instagram; Twitter; TicToc) a daily climate mitigation or adaptation activity (challenge) to be performed by participants. The campaign is amplified through postings by participants on their social media using hash tags: #EarthHour2EarthDay; #YMCA_ClimateDefenders ; #Change4Climate. These 29 daily creative challenges can spark small changes in their personal options towards a responsible low-carbon lifestyle. Our collective actions can make significant contributions towards the goal of capping global warming at 1.5C above the preindustrial levels.

GATN Climate Change Regional Conference 2022

Last Updated (Wednesday, 01 February 2023 11:58)

The Regional Conference on Climate Change was organized by APAY GATN on 12-16 December 2022, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where participants from Thailand, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia and Philippines gathered to discuss the pressing issues of climate change. The conference aims to strengthen awareness and skills of young people in YMCAs to implement solutions for climate change related issues and this year, the conference was hosted by Kuala Lumpur YMCA, Malaysia. 

During the conference, each participant shared their countries’ current climate change impacts and YMCA actions towards the issue.

Resource persons from various NGOs were invited to provide input on the current issues and trends in Climate Change, the Justice in climate change from the Asian perspective, the impact of Climate Change on women, children and other vulnerable sectors of the society, the threat of Climate Change to our food and water security, and Carbon and Water Footprints. 

At the end of the conference, organizers provided an open space for the participants to share their viewpoints about the conference and their takeaways on the climate change related topic from speakers and participants. We also discussed APAY's roadmap to combat Climate Change. 

Lastly, Delegates came up with ideas that we could implement together and committed to individual contributions towards Climate change. At the concluding of the conference, participants made personal commitments to actualize their contributions in their daily lifestyle.

Our delegates were warmly welcomed by Kuala Lumpur YMCA. Apart from the warm welcome dinner hosted by the KL YMCA Board of Directors, participants were also introduced to the cultures of different ethnic communities in Malaysia through the “themed meals” for each day of the conference. 

Many thanks to the Kuala Lumpur YMCA for their warm welcome and kind hospitality. 

Photos above show the participants’ discussion on the topic and speaker’ sharing.

Submitted by:Urangoo Khongorzul, GATN Intern