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The road to COPENHAGEN
 for young people · by young people · about young people
 The UNEP Magazine for Youth
Clear andpresent danger
President Mohamed Nasheed 
Clean revolutionLoud and clearSeal the deal!Concerted effortLast resorts
 
 UNEP promotesenvironmentally sound practicesglobally and in its own activities. Thismagazine is printed on 100% recycled paper,using vegetable-based inks and other eco-friendly practices. Our distribution policy aimsto reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint.
TUNZA 
 
the UNEP magazinefor youth. To view currentand past issues of thispublication online,please visit www.unep.org
United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP)
PO Box 30552, Nairobi, KenyaTel (254 20) 7621 234Fax (254 20) 7623 927Telex 22068 UNEP KEE-mail uneppub@unep.orgwww.unep.orgISSN 1727-8902
Director of Publication
Satinder Bindra
Editor 
Geoffrey Lean
Special Contributor 
Wondwosen Asnake
 Youth Editors
Karen Eng, Joseph Lacey
Nairobi Coordinator 
Naomi Poulton
Head, UNEP’s Children and Youth Unit
 Theodore Oben
Circulation Manager 
Manyahleshal Kebede
Design
Edward Cooper, Ecuador 
Production
Banson
Front cover 
 
photo
Robert vanWaarden
 Youth Contributors
Devin Aviugana, Canada;Veni Sevia Febrianti, Indonesia; Kyle Gracey,United States of America; Ruchi Jain, India; Whit Jones, United States of America; Ely Katembo,Democratic Republic of the Congo; Anna Keenan,Australia; Simon Sizwe Mayson, South Africa;Martin Metz, United States of America; WendyMiller, Australia; Desideria Murti, Indonesia;Gerard Penecilla, Philippines; Michael Plesner,Denmark; Alexander Readford, Australia; DanScott, New Zealand; Sho Scott, Japan; JuanCarlos Soriano, Peru; Gemma Tillack, Australia; Jake Voelcker, United Kingdom.
Other Contributors
Franny Armstrong; JaneBowbrick; Mark Lynas; William Malpass, Bayer;Mohamed Nasheed; Fred Pearce; Radiohead;Rosey Simonds and David Woollcombe, PeaceChild International.Printed in the United Kingdom
The contents of this magazine do not necessarilyreflect the views or policies of UNEP or the editors,nor are they an official record. The designationsemployed and the presentation do not imply theexpression of any opinion whatsoever on the partof UNEP concerning the legal status of any country,territory or city or its authority, or concerning thedelimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
CONTENTS
 Editorial 3A warming world – for real 4Seal the deal! 5Clear and present danger 6Concerted effort 8What can wedge analysis do for us? 8Facing extinction 10Loud and clear 12TUNZA answers your questions 14Plastiki 15Beyond learning 16REDD for go! 16All change 17Clean revolution 18Last resorts 20Six degrees 22
 UNEP and Bayer, the German-basedinternational enterprise involvedin health care, crop science andmaterials science, are working together to strengthen young people’senvironmental awareness and engagechildren and youth in environmentalissues worldwide.
The partnership agreement, renewedto run through 2010, lays down abasis for UNEP and Bayer to enlargetheir longstanding collaboration tobring successful initiatives to countriesaround the world and develop newyouth programmes. Projects include:TUNZA Magazine, the InternationalChildren’s Painting Competition onthe Environment, the Bayer YoungEnvironmental Envoy in Partnershipwith UNEP, the UNEP TunzaInternational Youth/Children’sConference, youth environmentalnetworks in Africa, Asia Pacific,Europe, Latin America, North Americaand West Asia, the Asia-Pacific Eco-Minds forum, and a photo competition,‘Ecology in Focus’, in Eastern Europe.
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TUNZA 
Vol 7 No 2
 
J
ust three short months are left of what may wellprove to be the most important year in history,culminating in what is probably the most crucialinternational meeting to date. For the CopenhagenClimate Change Conference, which takes place inDecember, and the negotiations that are preceding it allyear, will decide the future both of humanity and of theplanet itself. Reaching an ambitious and comprehensiveagreement there on reducing global emissions of carbondioxide (CO
2
) and other greenhouse gases may well bethe last chance that the world has of avoiding not justdangerous, but catastrophic, climate change.The world financial crisis has made reaching agreementharder, as national leaders think of their economies first.But in fact it should make it easier, for the answers to thefinancial and climate crises – and to the energy crisis fastcoming up behind them – lie in the same direction. Cleantechnology, and particularly renewable energy, offers themost promising prospect for producing a sustainableand growing world economy. It already constitutes a $4.5trillion market, while last year investments in renewableenergy for the first time exceeded those in fossil fuelsand nuclear power worldwide. Green technologies arealso labour-intensive, providing plenty of good employ-ment, much more than is offered by more traditionaltechnologies. The International Labour Organisation saysthat projected investments in renewable energy alonecould create another 20 million jobs by 2030, with another12 million arising from producing biomass for energy andrelated industries.For the last year UNEP has been calling for a GlobalGreen New Deal, where stimulus packages are targeted atproviding jobs and sustainable growth through greeningthe world economy. Some countries, most notably theRepublic of Korea, have wholeheartedly embraced theconcept and others have devoted varying proportions oftheir recovery packages to it. But much more needs tobe done, and a strong enough agreement in Copenhagencould itself provide an enormous stimulus by pointingcountries and economies towards a new, low-carbonfuture. Governments must ‘seal the deal’ on climate inDecember, and then move on to building a prosperousgreen future.
We all agree that recycling is a good thing. But whiletransforming, say, a newspaper into an egg carton saveson pollution, landfill and raw materials – not to mentioncarbon emissions – recycling processes still gobble upprecious resources like energy and water. And no matterhow diligently we recycle, it’s still just a dent in the mountainof waste we’re constantly generating.The concept of precycling helps tackle the problem of over-consumption before it begins, avoiding the need to recyclein the first place. Precycling means stopping to think, beforeyou buy: Do I really need this item? What effect did/will itsproduction have on Earth? What do I already have that mightbe altered? And so on. Eventually, if enough people stopbuying stuff, other people will have no incentive to make it.
Here are a few ideas to start with:• Try to buy products with minimal packaging, and opt forrecyclable packaging – paper and glass rather than plastic,for example. Let manufacturers and shops know you preferless packaging.• Carry reusable shopping bags and smaller cloth bags forweighing produce.• Try mending or buying second-hand items beforepurchasing a new product. If you must buy new, go for highquality, so that it lasts longer.• Rent or lease products, especially appliances and elec-tronics, rather than buying them. Research has shown thatwhen responsibility for products ends with the manufacturers,they have an incentive to make them more sustainable.• Carry a kit with utensils, cloth napkins, and a drinks bottleand/or cup when going out to avoid producing waste wheneating out.• A borrower be: pool some tools, toys or books with yourneighbours and start a community lending library.• Buy food in large sizes or in bulk to decant into smallerreusable containers as needed. This saves on individualpackaging and money.• Grow your own vegetables and herbs.
Need inspiration?
Watch the 20-minute animated film
The Story of Stuff 
 
(www.storyofstuff.com)
, a look at the realitiesof the production, consumption and waste cycle.
Justsay
no!
 Sea l  t he dea l!
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