GATN Climate Change Regional Conference 2022

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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