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19-542: The Australian Youth Climate Coalition ( AYCC ) is a youth organisation in Australia focused on climate change activism . The organisation aims "to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis", by empowerment and education, running strategic campaigns, shifting the narrative, and building a movement. When the organisation began in 2006, the coalition consisted of 27 other youth organisations, but later became independent. AYCC works closely with

38-406: A campaign called Meet Your Member. This involved young people from all across the country meeting with their local MP or Senator and express their view on Climate Change. Local volunteers also collected hundreds of signatures on postcards which they presented to MP's in the meetings. In 2012 100 young people walked 328 km over 15 days from Port Augusta to Adelaide. This major event, organised by

57-485: A distance of around 330 km (210 mi), to raise awareness. He has also worked with young people across Australia who have been campaigning to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the expansion of the coal industry , for renewable energy , and more action on combating climate change. In 2016, Spencer appeared at WOMADelaide . In 2018 he was appointed to a leading position relating to energy at

76-403: Is as of 2024 a movement of thousands of individuals and community groups across Australia. The grassroots network of more than 70 local groups as well as people from around the world have supported the movement, which has had the support of hundreds of thousands of individuals. The AYCC declared a gross income of A$ 4.79 Million in 2020, from a combination of sources. The majority of AYCC funding

95-403: Is from donations and bequests (81%). Youth organisation The following is a list of youth organizations . A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for minors . In this list, most organizations are international unless noted otherwise. Daniel Spencer (environmentalist) Spencer was born around 1990. He

114-481: Is originally from Renmark in the southern Riverland region of South Australia , He grew up in Adelaide, in the suburb of Craigburn Farm . In year 12 at school, he led the initiative to create a school environmental group with a focus on climate change . The group organised events and fundraisers, including a climate change awareness week. He studied music at university, but left his studies in 2010 to join

133-901: The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference along with other members of the Youth Climate Movement . Power Shift is the name of an annual youth summit which was held in the United States for the first time in 2007. Two years later in 2009, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, in partnership with the University of Western Sydney , GetUp , and Greenpeace , organised the Australian Powershift Conference on 11 to 13 July 2009. The summit attracted 1,500 young people. Guests included former Vice President of

152-808: The Australian Services Union . As of 2023 , Spencer is a member of the Premier's Climate Change Council members, chaired by Martin Haese . The primary role of the Council, which was created in 2008, is to provide independent advice to the Minister for Environment and Water on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change. In 2012, Spencer received the Bob Brown Foundation 's inaugural Young Environmentalist of

171-685: The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC). Spencer has held prominent leadership roles in the AYCC. In 2010, he was part of an AYCC delegation attending United Nations climate talks in Mexico, where he organised a youth-based action to bring awareness to the thousands of deaths caused by climate change each year. In 2011, he became the South Australian state coordinator for AYCC, and became involved in

190-826: The Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network . In 2004, organisations which would later form the Youth Climate Movement , began to come together. Following the formation of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition in September 2006, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition formed in November 2006 with 27 youth organisations from across the nation at a founding youth summit. The original affiliated organisations included: The organisation later became an independent entity. In 2009, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner awarded

209-462: The "Re-power Port Augusta" campaign, which included the Walk for Solar. Much of his early work focused on promoting a vision and building community support for the replacement of the coal-fired power stations at Port Augusta with a concentrated solar-thermal power generation alternative. In 2012, he participated in the Walk for Solar event, in which 100 people walked from Port Augusta to Adelaide ,

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228-404: The AYCC mobilised hundreds of young people to put climate change back on the political agenda. This included automated phone calls to politicians, hanging out scorecards rating the three main political parties climate policies and the very popular climate elephant, which was featured widely in the media and is now used as an example of excellent grassroots election campaigning. In 2011 the AYCC ran

247-486: The AYCC organised Youth Decide with World Vision Australia. It was Australia's first national youth climate vote. Around 2,000 volunteers ran 330 Youth Decide events, with over 37,500 young people voting. In September 2011 the AYCC held a second Youth Decide, giving young people the opportunity to vote on the renewable energy targets they wanted the Federal Government to set. During the 2010 election campaign

266-567: The AYCC, was part of the wider Repower Port Augusta campaign, pushing for investment in Australia's first concentrated solar thermal plant in Port Augusta. The event gained significant national media and political attention. The chief spokesperson for the project was Daniel Spencer . In July 2014 AYCC launched the #StopAdani campaign to get Westpac to rule out working with Adani at a National Summit with 200 young people in Canberra. This

285-616: The Australian Youth Climate Coalition's co-founders, Amanda McKenzie and Anna Rose , as well as its then national director Ellen Sandell , with the Environment Minister's Young Environmentalist of the Year Award for their efforts. In 2011, the national director was Ellen Sandell , who was on The Age list of top 100 most influential people in Melbourne, and had been nominated as 2009 Victorian Young Australian of

304-780: The USA Al Gore , the swimmer Ian Thorpe and the actress Brooke Satchwell . The event concluded with a gathering outside the Sydney Opera House . The AYCC ran regional Power Shift in 2010 in Adelaide , Canberra , and Geelong . In 2011 Power Shift was held in Brisbane and Perth with 1000 young people. The summits included a range of speakers, events and workshops. In July 2013 AYCC hosted Australia's largest ever youth climate summit in Melbourne . In September 2009

323-481: The Year . In 2020, Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network , or Seed Mob, separated from AYCC and became an independent network of Indigenous Australian activists. The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is a non-partisan, non-profit youth organisation in Australia focused on climate change activism The organisation aims "to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis". As of August 2024

342-669: The national director is Grace Vegesana. In the 2010s, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition frequently sent a youth delegation to the United Nations Conferences on Climate Change to advocate on behalf of young people. For the 2008 conference in Poznań , Poland, the Australian delegation travelled through ten nations to reach the summit. Similarly in December 2009, the organisation sent a second youth delegation to

361-492: Was the first of many of visits young people paid to Westpac bank branches and HQs. AYCC had tens of thousands of conversations with customers, and delivered the message to Westpac. After a three-year campaign, in 2017, Westpac announced their updated climate policy, which not only rules out involvement in Adani but sets a pathway to transition out of thermal coal and into more renewable energy. The Stop Adani campaign has grown and

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