The The Young Commonwealth Climate Change Summit, taking place between the  28th  and  30th  October 2009 in London, United Kingdom, will be made up of a number of key elements:

• Youth Roundtable
• Networking events
• Youth Main-stage (cultural sharing, dance, arts etc)
• Youth Exhibition (during the Summit)
• Launch of Commonwealth Youth Network on Climate Change
• Youth Training Events
• Interface Panels
  • High Commissioners
  • NGOs/Civil Society
  • Commonwealth Institutions

The agenda  under this Summit  will examine how young peoples’ voices are represented and heard in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction  across the commonwealth policy and decision-making process  and how this process can best be facilitated and promoted.

Key questions:

Today’s Commonwealth youth are likely to feel the effects of a changing climate more intensely and it is therefore imperative that their opinions, motivations, perceptions and knowledge be voiced. This Summit asks:

• What opportunities exist for the voices of young people and their networks to be heard within climate adaptation and disaster reduction policy spaces, internationally, nationally and locally?
• What experience and capacity do young people and their groups have to express their views in policy spaces across the Commonwealth?
• What tools and methodologies can help document and implement young people’s initiatives on climate change so that they are heard in policy spaces?
• How can these findings most effectively be integrated within Commonwealth Youth Plan of Action and national youth policies?