The Young Volunteers for Environment (YVE) Cameroon and other civil society organisations are sensitizing communities on climate change issues, and they are moving from city to city dunned the climate change caravan.
This caravan is in the build-up of the 29th edition of the Conference of Parties of the 2024 United Nations Climate change conference (UNFCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November, 2024.
Through the caravan they intend to get the views of Cameroonians which shall be tabled during the upcoming climate change conference.
YVE-Cameroon are mobilizing citizens for a productive participation at COP29 and getting their voices on the subject of climate change.
They shared this vision during a Press Conference in Yaounde on October 30, 2024, to throw more light on the caravan and inform journalists about their role with regard to COP29.
“The initiative of a climatic justice caravan for climate change is an international movement within many African countries. Thus the Young Volunteers for Environment (YVE) sustains it in Cameroon by sensitizing the local population on climate change” explained the project manager of the Climate caravan, Manuella Ngueyou.
The mobilization which started in Ebolowa then headed to the Centre region as it plans to go to other regions as well.
Through this caravan, they will go to many areas of Cameroon, mainly Ngaoundere, Garoua, Maroua, Ebolowa, Bafoussam amongst other communities as Manuella Ngueyou highlighted.caravan also aims to organize sensitization sessions at the National scale and organize caravans in academic fields to educate students on the effects of climate change.
“We will also meet men, women and youths of local communities where climate change has a great impact. Also, we will summarize priorities in various agro ecological areas of Cameroon” Ngueyou pointed.
After gathering the views of Cameroonians on climate change management, Young Volunteers for Environment will converge in Yaounde during a workshop to make restitution of the elements they have collected in various cities where the caravan will be implemented.
The priorities they hope will be discussed during cop29 where they will be discussed by the International Coalition for Climate change.
YVE-Cameroon is looking forward to amplifying Cameroons positions for an impactful change through Conference of Parties in Baku, Azerbaijan.