Tr : (AYICC) A wave of Power Shift events in Africa-Arab region

[Valentine Dushimiyimana]

Le Jeudi 20 février 2014 3h51, Landry Ninteretse <lan...@350.org> a écrit :

After six months of intense preparations, consultations, drafting,
coaching and submission and sometimes rewriting texts, Power Shift
projects are getting started one after the other in Africa-Arab world.
Two weeks back, team Gabon kicked off with a workshop on climate
leadership that gathered 40 young people who will be playing the role
of local climate mobilizers in their residential areas.

This morning, a press conference was held at the Carter Center of
Kinshasa to officially launch activities of Congo Power Shift.
Journalists, environmental and other local and international
environment and development partners' organisations will be present to
hear the details of the Congolese campaign to fight against
development fossil fuels.

And from the beginning of March, a wave of Power Shit events that will
move from Lilongwe to  Dakar, through Bujumbura, Kigali, Kampala,
Nairobi, Addis Ababa, N'Djamena, Yaoundé, Niamey, Cotonou, Lomé, Accra
and Abidjan. In the Middle-East, similar events are scheduled soon in
Hurghada (Egypt), Amman (Jordan) and Sulaymaniyah (Iraq). They will
include training workshops, awareness raising caravans, climate
festivals, media campaigns including on social networks, policy
advocacy and networking.

Most of these mobilizations aim to train young climate leaders capable
of serving as organisers in their communities and to engage policy
makers on key issues of renewable energy, the danger of fossil fuels
and the fight against deforestation. In countries that have already
developed clear strategies against climate change, popular advocacy
campaigns are planned to stimulate the effective implementation of
these plans.

With the support of various local and international stakeholders,
media, individuals, Power Shift events are slowly taking shape. These
events will significantly boost the African climate movement; help
define national priorities for action on climate issues and encourage
a strong public action toward real change. We hope that, at the end of
all these events, the image of a region that is passively devastated
by ravages of climate change will shift into the one of  African and
Arab countries rising to take the bull by the horns.

350.org Africa-Arab team

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Landry Ninteretse /350.org Africa/ skype: landryninteretse

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[Gitinywa Louis]

thx Valentine,please stay in tch

GITINYWA  A.Louis

Assistant Prosecutor at NPPA/RUBAVU

Phone:(+250)0788763209

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Kigali-Rwanda

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