RE Youth Delegation in Cancun
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What is TCP?
The Climate Project (TCP) was founded in 2006 by former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore. As a program of the Alliance for Climate Protection, TCP's mission is to educate the public about the harmful effects of climate change and to work toward solutions at a grassroots level worldwide.
TCP supports more than 3,000 diverse and dedicated volunteers worldwide who have been personally trained by Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to deliver an updated version of the slide show featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
TCP Presenters have delivered 70,000 presentations and have reached a combined global audience of 7.3 million people. Presentations are customized and frequently revised to include the latest climate science and can be requested free of charge by any size group or organization.
Official TCP branches are located in the United States, Australia, Canada, India, Spain, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Mexico. TCP's global headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Currently, the Philippines is under TCP’s Asia Pacific Hub which is being administered by TCP Australia.
What are the goals?
TCP seeks to raise awareness about the urgency of the climate crisis. We hope to motivate individuals to become active participants in solving the climate crisis by:
1) Training a diverse range of citizens from numerous geographic regions and walks of life to communicate the science and impacts of climate change.
2) Engaging the public through presentations, news media, individual conversations, and grassroots advocacy and activism so that they will make informed choices about public policy matters related to climate change.
3) Promoting local, domestic and global initiatives to solve the climate crisis.
Who are the Philippine Presenters?
The Philippines has five official presenters. Four undergone series of trainings in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in July 2009, under the tutelage of Al Gore himself and a bunch of scientific and social experts of TCP, and one was trained in China in June 2010 by Mr. Gore, as well.
ATTY. PERSIDA RUEDA-ACOSTA
Persida works for the Philippines’ Public Attorney’s Office as its head in the Department of Justice. She wants to help the Philippines assist in addressing global concerns around climate change.
JAAZEAL JAKOSALEM OAR
Brother Jaazeal Jakosalem, OAR, property administrator of University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) has joined with various Chinese citizens and some participants from the United States, Indonesia and United Kingdom in the Climate Project training in Beijing. He is currently the head of the Green Hearts Hermitage in Bacolod City.
RODNE R. GALICHA
Rodne is the Executive Director of Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment Inc., in the island of Sibuyan where Typhoon Frank sank a ship and devastated the whole island. He supports indigenous communities to continue their traditional way of living and helps mining affected communities. He also works in an advocacy organization concerned with natural resources conflict management convened by Haribon Foundation and Friends of the Earth Philippines.
MIGUEL R. MAGALANG
Miguel is the Executive Director of Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns. Living in a province already impacted by climate change, he is working with people who have been affected by climate change and disaster relief. As presenter, he commits to sustain his organization for the benefit of the poorest and most vulnerable communities. He has been involved in climate change and disaster risk reduction policy reforms agenda.
GILBERT ROLAND SAPE
Gilbert works for an international NGO that replaces the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. He works closely with farmers’ organizations. He is interested in how food production contributes to climate change.