We are calling for all members of the UOW community to sign our petition to endorse the University of Wollongong's commitments to a sustainable future and demands for climate action on a local, national, and global scale.
A team of students and staff working in collaboration with the University of Wollongong (UOW) are participating in the 16th Conference of Youth on Climate Change (COY16), which is the precursor to the UN 26th Conference of Parties (COP26).
As part of the conference, our team has developed a Youth Climate Statement (PDF) in consultation with students, academics, and members of Wollongong’s wider community. The statement establishes a set of climate change commitments of the University, as well as demands on a local, national, and global level.
These commitments and demands will be presented as a part of COY’s statement to the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties in Glasgow on 31 October - 12 November 2021.
Following student, staff and community consultation, several commitments emerged. UOW has agreed to commit to the following:
The COY16 team also made several individual, institutional, local, national, and global level demands for immediate climate action:
For more information on the project and detailed descriptions of these commitments and demands, please refer to the full UOW Youth Climate Statement.
Have a question about the project. Contact the UOW UNCOY16 Project Team:
