Press Conference: Indigenous Youth React to Negotiations, Highlighting Indigenous Solutions and Increased Ambition at COP24

**MEDIA ADVISORY**

Contact: Kahu Kutia, kahukutia@hotmail.co.nz, + 48 572 184 697 (whatsapp)

Press Conference: Indigenous Youth React to Negotiations, Highlighting Indigenous Solutions and Increased Ambition at COP24

WHAT: A youth-led press conference highlighting indigenous youth leaders from around the world who have come together with a clear message: “As young indigenous people we feel the weight of climate change on our shoulders. As indigenous people we hold the solutions.”

When: December 7, 2018 @6:00pm CET

Location: Press Conference Room Katowice (Zone F)

Speakers:

• Michael Charles (Diné)
• Ruth Kaviok (Inuk)
• Hannah Teipo (Cook Islands/Nagaland)
• Hsin Su (Papora People)

WHY: Friday, December 7th is the Indigenous Peoples’ Day of COP24. It is also one of the last days of negotiating the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples’ Platform (LCIPP). This group of youth comes together to display the growing tide of young people with indigenous values at heart and a strong desire for climate justice. At this press conference, they will present their key messages for negotiators at the end of the first week of COP24.

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