Today I am off to the Global Youth Consultation (GYC) for the World Humanitarian Summit in Doha. It’s quite the mouthful, but something that I am very proud to be saying.
Benjamin Brooking: It's not too late - apply to join me at COP 21!
Applications have almost closed to join AYLI's delegation to COP21 in Paris! There's still time to submit your application. So If you are still trying to make up your mind then have a quick look over these photos I took at last years conference in Lima, Peru. Then hurry and send in your application before the end of the day!
Yong Ly: Come to Germany. Come to the ADP!
If you are interested in climate change, international law, politics and policy - or just wonder how big decisions that affect all of us get made, then going to the ADP's session 2.11 in Bonn is an opportunity you'll want to take up.
Applications open for UN climate change delegations to Bonn and Paris
The moment we know you've all been waiting for!
The Aotearoa Youth Leadership Institute is excited to announce that applications are now open for not one, but two delegations to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations in the second half of 2015.
Get your application in now!
Suzy McKinney: Opinion: I'm ashamed to be a New Zealander
Last week our COP 20 delegate Suzy McKinney was published in the Whakatane Beacon with her thoughts on the New Zealand Government's climate policy.
Institute Recognised with 2015 Ministry of Youth Development Youth Champion Award
The Institute is thrilled and honoured to have received a Ministry of Youth Development Youth Champion Award.
The award "is awarded to an individual or an organisation who has made a significant contribution to young people in areas such as (but not limited to) the arts, culture, the environment or sport".
Benjamin Brooking: Ministry for the Environment just opened public consultations
Short personal story - going to COP20 in Lima last December was the first time I've felt embarrassment as a New Zealander in the wider world. Our government, acting on our behalf, was doing far less than necessary to ensure a successful and robust international climate agreement. But now we have a chance to change that.
Institute Volunteer Henrietta McNeill Appointed as Policy Advisor to Samoa Association of Manufacturers and Exporters
We are excited to share that our International Programme volunteer Henrietta McNeill has been appointed as a policy advisor to the Samoa Association of Manufacturers and Exporters.
Henrietta plays a significant role in running our Programme, and also led our delegation to the Small Island Developing States Conference in Apia in 2014.