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| Youth delegates work on their favourite solutions, develop and put them into the '20 Solutions for Sustainable Future'. |
When it almost came to the end of the Congress, there were outcomes produced by young people through discussions and debates in each workshop and roundtables. There were ideas emerged from the young minds that helped to transform the nations and the world into a better place. So one of the product is called The 20 Solutions.
Above all the things we have learned and discussed, the young people gathered together and we were about to share the 20 solutions WE want. While being optimistic to deliver our message of the sustainable future we want, we cannot put our faith in one UN conference. The first conference was started 20 years ago, but our countries' leaders are still working on the old solutions -- we want to see change, we want what we need for our future generations!
Since the high-level government representatives cannot give us a promising future, the youth gathered here, proposed and discussed about 20 solutions that must be urgently be addressed during Rio+20. We saw young men and women from Europe, U.S, Latin America, middle east, Asia, Africa expressed their concerns despite there are limitations to achieve these targets. However, it's better than doing nothing. People came here not for other reasons, we learnt what is going wrong with our current governments and politics, yet we also talked and revealed what are the difficulties and realities happened in our home countries -- we revealed the obstacles faced by our own youth and we represented our young people to admit that -- there's lack of sense of urgency for our government to put forth effective solutions for a sustainable development.
Though we had many discussions -- some ended in the early morning -- I observed that youth from western countries voice their opinions in a justifying manner, they will give a statement and tell us why this but not that. Relatively, Asian were not so active, perhaps disadvantage in language --as well as the exposure to the youth on issues of sustainable future and campaigns-- are not much, or be concerned? However, if everyone speaks too much, it will end up with just talks only, and it's lagging -- which left the note taker to do the rest of the job to decide what is what in the end.
After so many hours, the restless 20 solutions team have finally came out with a declaration. Without them, we won't achieve this - the outcome of the World Youth Congress - the 20 solutions for a sustainable future. Nicolo Wojewoda, the coordinator for this 20 solutions working group, had done a great job in engaging youth to participate in the discussion. His patients and dedication touched many of our hearts, which is why we believe that we, as a youth, can contribute, can make a little difference, can influence more people who didn't know about this, to join us and move forward. Please, read the brief outcome of this '20 solutions', and continue join us for the post 20 solutions- make it happen in our countries where me and you reside in.
Below is our declaration (in catch phase) of 20 solutions.
The time for statements, petitions and lobbying is over.
This is an action plan.
We, the youth of the world, are occupying the future we want with these 20 solutions.
Our message to governments: you have failed us! You can work with us or be dragged along by us.
This is an action plan.
We, the youth of the world, are occupying the future we want with these 20 solutions.
Our message to governments: you have failed us! You can work with us or be dragged along by us.
The world we currently live in lacks equity, justice and sustainability.
We invite the youth of the world to confront this.
Act now and reclaim the future for generations to come.
Act now and make these solutions your own.
We invite the youth of the world to confront this.
Act now and reclaim the future for generations to come.
Act now and make these solutions your own.
1. Put sustainability at the center of education
2. Let youth lead governments, corporations and society into sustainability.
3. Make it easy for youth to start businesses by providing capital, tax-breaks and reducing administrative bureaucracy.
4. Redesign our economy to be sustainable and to make people happy by moving away from insatiable consumption practices.
5. Shift to the use of renewable resources, and effectively make use of non-renewable resources to make this happen.
6. Make the best use out of energy – be efficient.
7. Reduce your footprint, soundly manage the waste you leave.
8. Sustain what all life is based on – water.
9. Enforce regulations against pollution, exploitation and degradation of our oceans.
10. Recognize the realities and impacts of climate change, take responsibility, demand accountability and act to reduce emissions.
11. Recognize the links between development and vulnerability to natural disasters, to integrate place-based disasters risk reduction and sustainable development.
12. Demand biodiversity conservation, the ending of mass species extinction and habitat degradation.
13. Recognize ecocide as a crime against humanity and nature.
14. Respect the right to healthcare.
15. Produce food for people and the plant, not just for money.
16. Restrict transnational corporations power over food systems.
17. Recognize gender empowerment and freedom of sexual and gender choice in a society free of discrimination.
18. Promote democratic youth representation amongst societies’ decision-making processes.
19. Make the world a non-conflict zone lead by youth peacemakers.
20. Acknowledge that the respect of human rights is integral part of sustainable development.
2. Let youth lead governments, corporations and society into sustainability.
3. Make it easy for youth to start businesses by providing capital, tax-breaks and reducing administrative bureaucracy.
4. Redesign our economy to be sustainable and to make people happy by moving away from insatiable consumption practices.
5. Shift to the use of renewable resources, and effectively make use of non-renewable resources to make this happen.
6. Make the best use out of energy – be efficient.
7. Reduce your footprint, soundly manage the waste you leave.
8. Sustain what all life is based on – water.
9. Enforce regulations against pollution, exploitation and degradation of our oceans.
10. Recognize the realities and impacts of climate change, take responsibility, demand accountability and act to reduce emissions.
11. Recognize the links between development and vulnerability to natural disasters, to integrate place-based disasters risk reduction and sustainable development.
12. Demand biodiversity conservation, the ending of mass species extinction and habitat degradation.
13. Recognize ecocide as a crime against humanity and nature.
14. Respect the right to healthcare.
15. Produce food for people and the plant, not just for money.
16. Restrict transnational corporations power over food systems.
17. Recognize gender empowerment and freedom of sexual and gender choice in a society free of discrimination.
18. Promote democratic youth representation amongst societies’ decision-making processes.
19. Make the world a non-conflict zone lead by youth peacemakers.
20. Acknowledge that the respect of human rights is integral part of sustainable development.
These 20 Solutions for a Sustainable Future were completed by youth delegates to the 6th World Youth Congress 2012, which took place in Rio de Janeiro 4-13th June, just before the historic UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) got underway.
Us youth demand action and the implementation of these solution – ACT NOW
View the Youth Declaration of 20 Solutions for a Sustainable Future.
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