Funding Available for Northern Youth Participation at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen – December 7 to 18

Funding Available for Northern Youth Participation at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen – December 7 to 18

 

You are a young person from Northern Canada that cares about climate change and wants to be part of the upcoming United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen to help out and learn more.

We are a network of leading Canadian organizations working on climate change and we are hoping to sponsor a young Northern Canadian to come to Copenhagen and join our team for two weeks in December.

 

If this interests you, please read on. You will need you to apply for this funding by submitting your resume along with a one page letter explaining why you want to attend the UN negotiations. You must submit this no later than November 16, 2009 to mburgess@climateactionnetwork.ca
 

What follows describes the qualifications we are looking for and then provides more information on who we are.

 

Qualifications:

Preference will be given Northerners of Aboriginal, Metis and Inuit descent and we are seeking to support the development of a young leader between the ages of 18 and 30.

 

You will need to be available to leave for Copenhagen some time between December 3 and 7, and return some time between December 18 and 20.

 

The successful candidate will have some combination of the following experience and qualities:

• Able to effectively communicate in English. French and Northern indigenous language skills are a strong advantage.
• Highly organized. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple demands effectively, while staying focused on delivery of priority tasks.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently with little supervision as well as contribute to the functioning of a team (keeping in mind that the successful candidate will receive active support from Climate Action Network staff).
• Current computer and internet skills.
• Strong commitment to the struggle to stop climate change.
• Familiarity with climate change policy is an asset, but not essential.
• Experience working in not-for-profit networks is an asset, but not essential.

 

This internship is designed in large part to provide experience to a Northerner that will be useful to their professional development in the years ahead. We are seeking a candidate that is articulate, passionate and able to communicate effectively. Experience is an asset, but the successful candidate does not need to have extensive experience on climate change or significant work experience.

 

About Climate Action Network and the Northern Voices Coalition:

Climate Action Network Canada is a coalition of more than 50 environmental, Aboriginal, youth, health, faith-based, labour and international development organizations working together to promote action on climate change. The member organizations of Climate Action Network Canada will be sending roughly 60 to 100 people to the upcoming United Nations climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark (December 7 to 18). See:www.climateactionnetwork.ca

 

Climate Action Network Canada is also a member of the Northern Voices on Climate Change Coalition, which also includes the Gwich'in Council International, the Arctic Athabaskan Council, the Pembina Institute and Ecology North.

 

Thanks to the support of the Northern Voices Coalition, the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and the United Church of Canada, Climate Action Network Canada will cover all costs (travel, accommodation and per diem).

 

Opportunities and Responsibilities will include:

• Attend negotiating sessions and learn more about how the global climate change negotiations work.
• Meet with representatives from other Arctic countries and find out more about climate change initiatives in those countries.
• Support the work of Climate Action Network Canada and its members as needed, including helping to organize meetings, drafting and disseminating material, and other similar tasks. You will particularly be asked to support on an as needed basis the work of our Northern members and partners, including the Assembly of First Nations and the Arctic Athabaskan Council.
• Communicate with and reach out to Northern organizations, governments and media on how the negotiations are progressing and what they can do to help move the world towards a fair, ambitious and binding international agreement on climate change.

 

How to apply:

If you are interested in being considered for this funding support, send your resume along with a one page letter explaining why you want to attend the UN negotiations. You must submit this no later than November 16, 2009 to mburgess@climateactionnetwork.ca

 

 

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