Updates every 6 months:
Starting point October 2022.
Two Pledges to Fight Climate Change:
-Our target is to organise each of our events, meetings, conferences with the option to join virtually in order to minimise GHG emissions via travelling. Currently, many use international/national flights to attend high profile events while many use cars to commute for the internal meetings. Starting October, we will begin encouraging virtual participation to our internal meetings by changing our policy and hosting them on Zoom. We will plan for our main conference in December 2022 to be a hybrid event so that our international colleagues will not have to travel. Our goal is to have 50% of our events, meetings, and conference be available virtually by the end of 2022 with the target of reaching 100% by the end of 2023.
-We will change our internal policy starting October 2022 to only subsidise travel for our events, meetings, and conferences if they are using low-emissions travel methods such as trains, electric cars, etc. We will stop funding travel via flights starting October 2022 and encourage alternative travel methods. In cases, this is not realistic, we will work towards making the events available virtually to diminish the GHG emissions of the team. Our goal is to have half of our members use low-emission transport for our events by the end of 2022 with the further objective of 75% of our members using low-emission means by the end of 2023. We will make the policy change clear via our internal communication channels. We will manage our progress by recording the travel methods of our members for our events, meetings, and conferences.
Our Motivation:
As a youth group focused on climate action, our group believes that it is essential we take responsibility in our part in the climate crisis. We are committed to decrease our GHG emissions via changes in our transport methods as it is one of our main polluting activities. By making our events hybrid and choosing lower-emission travel methods when we travel, we believe we will help contribute to the fight against climate change.
