ACYCS 2025: Climate advocacy takes centre stage

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On Day 2 of UNICEF’s ASEAN Children & Youth Climate Summit, delegates moved from discussion to hands-on learning, from visiting Kilim Karst Geoforest Park to interactive workshops on climate action.Farhana Sheikh reports from Langkawi.

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00:00Climate advocacy takes center stage on day two of UNICEF's ASEAN Children and Youth Climate Summit.

00:06Reporting from Langkawi, here's our correspondent Fahana Sheer.

00:10It's day two here at the UNICEF's ASEAN Children and Youth Climate Summit

00:15and we began the day on a boat for a tour of the Kilimkas Geo Forest Park

00:20to learn more about the unique mangrove ecosystem and its rich biodiversity

00:24from fossil fuels to wildlife and more.

00:26But don't just take it from me, let's hear from one of the participants.

00:30I thought it would be just the mangroves and stuff.

00:35But actually going into it, we have seen the monkeys and also the eagles

00:40and a lot of creatures having fun on their own.

00:44And it's like their natural habitat.

00:47And so it's really nice to learn about their nature

00:51because the Torukai has also explained us about how they behave normally in nature.

00:57and also the fact that we can reduce the risks of natural disasters

01:02such as storms, floods and tsunamis just by having mangroves in the coastal regions.

01:08It really inspired me to advocate more for the preservation of the rainforests and the mangroves.

01:15And now that we have joined this ACYCES 2025, we're inspired by the other delegates from ASEAN countries

01:23like how they are handling climate efforts in their countries.

01:26How are they advocating for better changes?

01:29How are they spreading awareness in their countries?

01:34How are they taking part in policy making and stuff?

01:38So it really inspires me and makes me, motivates me to work harder for my country

01:44and preserve the nature and also like for the better,

01:48for the better man of livelihood for our citizens in Myanmar.

01:52After the trip, the participants joined a series of workshops.

01:56I myself had the privilege of conducting one workshop on the role of media in climate action.

02:01Others explore various topics from mental health in reducing climate anxieties,

02:06disaster risk reduction, as well as indigenous knowledge and more.

02:09So let's hear from one of the participants what he has to say.

02:12The workshop that I joined just now is actually run by Astro R1 itself.

02:16It's called From Hashtag to Headlines, telling climate stories to people.

02:20And the things that I love about this workshop is that we learn about the media

02:27and about all the platform of media and the audience that we targeted.

02:31Now, in this generation, there's a lot of platforms and a lot of audience.

02:36And when we created content, we don't really know who is it for and where we should upload it.

02:42And I think this workshop really does condense it into like who is your target audience primarily

02:48and how are you telling these stories or this problem to people.

02:53In Brunei, the climate change problem is not really a problem yet

02:59because everyone is taking their own pace, running at their own pace.

03:03So I want to join this summit to know how I should bring or raise this problem in Brunei,

03:09because people learn about it, but people aren't aware about it yet.

03:14But I hope to learn more from other countries, especially Malaysia and Indonesia,

03:19because we have the same target audience, I would say, or the same mindset, I would say,

03:25because their way of doing things are different from Brunei.

03:28And definitely Malaysia ways of doing things kind of relate to Brunei as well.

03:32So I definitely want to learn from Malaysia and Indonesia more.

03:35That's a wrap for day two here at the ACYCS in Langkawi.

03:40Tomorrow, some of the delegates will head to the ASEAN ministerial meeting on the environment

03:45to present some of the climate action recommendations.

03:48So stay tuned for that and more only on Estor Awani.

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