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digenous and Afro-Peruvian youth
about the problem of climate change.

Specific Objectives
1. Study the current context of climate
change and its impact on Indigenous
and Afro-Peruvian populations.
2. Encourage an informed dialogue to
identify strategies and opportunities for
adaptation that can develop young In-

3. Identify and promote spaces for exchange between organized Indigenous
and Afro-Peruvian youth to formulate
proposals for public policies and actions
regarding climate change.
Liaison with COP20/CMP10 Youth;
Israel Maldonado, General Coordinator
of the COY10 Conference of Youth;
Marco Ramírez Shupingahua, President
of Ashanti Perú; and REOJIP Representative Tania Pariona.

III. Indigenous and Afro-Peruvian
youth concerned about climate
change
What happened at this historic meeting?
More than 80 young people from Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian
communities committed to the issue of
climate change got together. Participants came from communities like, for
example: Cajamarca (Asociación de
Jóvenes de Cajamarca), Ucayali (Organización de Jóvenes Indígenas de la
Región Ucayali—OJIRU), Loreto (Organización Regional de Desarrollo de
los Pueblos Indígenas de Alto Amazona0073—ORDEPIA), Pasco (Fed eración de Comunidades Nativas Yaneshas—FECONAYA), Cusco (Federación Agraria Revolucionaria Túpac
Amaru Del Cusco), Junín, Puno (Unión
de Jóvenes Indígenas Aymaras del Altiplano—UJIA), Huancavelica, Ayacucho (Red de Organizaciones de Niños,
Niñas, Adolescentes y Jóvenes Indígenas de Ayacucho—Ñuqanchik), Lambayeque, Arequipa (Asociación Afroperuana Margarita), Lima (Red Peruana
de Jóvenes Afrodescendientes), Callao
(Red Peruana de Jóvenes Afrodescendientes), Tacna, Trujillo, Ancash (Urpichallay) and Madre de Dios.
It opened with the VIP table, which
included Leonor Suárez, PNUD Government and Democracy Official; Irene
Hofmaijer, a Representative of the Ministry of the Environment and Official

They all expressed the importance and
need for getting together youth from
communities that historically have been
made vulnerable, such as those from the
Andes, Amazon and Afro-Peruvian
ones, as well as for youth to raise their
voices and create proposals and/or actions to mitigate the affects of climate
change.
The meeting also featured renowned
presenters on the subject: el PNUD
Technical Advisor for Ecosystems and
Climate Change James Leslie (México);
Danae Espinoza Mashaaya, of Global
South Focal Point—YOUNGO (Costa
Rica); Santiago Vega Ruiz, from the
Movimiento Latinoamericano y del Caribe—E-CLIC (Ecuador); wellknown
Environmental Engineer Alex Padilla,
as well as Indigenous and AfroPeruvian leaders who have already taken action to mitigate the affects of climate change in their communities.
Discussion tables were organized as a
complement of all these presentations.
Each one of the communities and regions was able to exchange its
knowledge and experiences at them.
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