NEWS: Live coverage by youth for youth of the Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen

Students welcoming ideas for coverage

NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, DENMARK- Danish secondary school students will produce daily reporting on the activities of Children's Climate Forum (CCF) delegates in the run-up to the COP15.

The young journalists will cover 160 children from 44 developing and industrialized countries who are presenting a set of recommendations to world leaders at the COP15. Coverage will be online at www.childrensclimateforum.org.

Using tools such as Twitter(#ccf09), email (climate-tv@oerestadgym.dk), and SMS (check the site), young people from around the world will be able to watch the shows online and then send comments and questions to "Unite for Climate TV." Suggestions can be e-mailed and are well-received.

The shows will be aired twice daily in one hour segments from November 30 through December 4.

The shows will be locally televised and streamed online for global viewers, and will be broadcast at 11:00 GMT/6:00 EST and 17:00 GMT/12:00 EST.

The reporting will act as a youth-created record of the CCF and will enable as many young people as possible to express their views on climate change. By promoting dialogue between delegates and the global youth, the shows will help ensure that the views of all young people are taken into consideration at the CCF and the COP15.

More on the Children’s Climate Forum and COP15

On 7 - 18 December 2009, leaders from around the world will meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss climate change and to work towards an agreement on how to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. The Children's Climate Forum is being held the week before the COP15 and will bring together young people aged 14 - 17 from 40 countries to share ideas for responding to the challenges posed by climate change. CCF delegates will share ideas and potential solutions, and will collaborate on an action statement to be presented to world leaders at the COP15. UNICEF and the City of Copenhagen created the CCF to give young people a platform from which to work together to express the concerns and recommendations of their generation to world leaders.

For further information, please contact:

Katie Mulloy, UNICEF Youth Section, e-mail: kmulloy@unicef.org
Petter Becker-Jostes, UNICEF Denmark, e-mail: PBJostes@unicef.dk
Kate Donovan, UNICEF Media, + 1 212 326 7452 e-mail: kdonovan@unicef.org