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19 November 2020 Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council Meeting Minutes, 16 October 2020 13:30-15:00, virtual meeting Co-chairs: youth activist, Bella Lack.

Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, President Designate of COP26 and climate Attendees 1.

COP President Designate, the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP (co-chair) 2.

Bella Lack (youth activist, co-chair) 3.

Alasdair Roxburgh (Friends of the Earth, deputising for Hugh Knowles and Miriam Turner) 4.

Amanda Mukwashi (Christian Aid) 5.


Andrew Norton (International Institute for Environment and Development) 6.

Ayeesha Iman (Greenpeace) 7.

Bernadette Fischler (World Wide Fund for Nature, deputising for Claire Blanchard) 8.

Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti (Green Generation Initiative) 9.

Graeme Reed (International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change) 10.

Hendrikus van Hensbergen (Action for Conservation) 11.

India Logan-Riley (Global Indigenous Youth Caucus) 12.
Kamran Shezad (Faith for the Climate, Bahu Trust) 13.

Laurie Lee (CARE, deputising for Michelle Nunn) 14.

Layne Robinson (Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network) 15.

Lewis Pugh (UN Patron of the Oceans) 16.

Professor Maarten Van Aalst (Red Cross Red Crescent Movement) 17.

Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan (Africans Rising) 18.

Dr Muhammed Musa (BRAC) 19.

Naser Haghamed (Islamic Relief) 20.

Pooven Moodley (Natural Justice) 21.

Sarah Colenbrander (Overseas Development Institute) 22.
Shehnaaz Moosa (SouthSouthNorth) 23.

Rémi Orsier (Docip - Center for Documentation, Research and Information) 24.

Ridhima Pandey (Youth activist) 25.

Tim Aldridge (Fairtrade Foundation, deputising for Mary Kinyua) 26.

Tim Wainwright (WaterAid) 27.

William Farrell (Tories for Climate Action and Conservative Environment Network) 28.

Yunus Arikan (ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability) 1 ​ Apologies 1.

Aryaana Khan (Alliance for Climate Education) 2.


Juan Carlos Jintiach (International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change) HMG attendees: 1.

Alison Campbell, Deputy Director, International Engagement, COP26 unit 2.

Emma Judkins, Civil Society Engagement, COP26 unit 3.

Harry Bowles, Youth Engagement, COP26 unit 4.

Matt Toombs, Director, Partnerships and Engagement, COP26 unit 5.

Natasha Adkins, BEIS 6.

Sasha Abraham, Private Secretary to COP26 President Designate 7.
Nikita Mistry, Civil Society and Inclusion Lead, COP26 unit 8.

Nick Baker, Deputy Director, Partnerships and Engagement, COP26 unit High level champions 1.

Sayo Ayodele, Civil Society lead, High Level Champion Team Actions: 1.

COP26 officials to follow up with participants to gather feedback on the session.

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COP26 officials to request agenda items from council members.
Item 1 - Welcome and introductions COP President Designate (CPD) highlighted the crucial role that civil society and young people play in securing action on climate and welcomed attendees to this first meeting.

The agenda for these meetings will be shaped by participants and focused on key areas of priority.

Co-Chair Bella Lack highlighted that the world must act now on the climate crisis, as we are already seeing its impacts.
It is the counties and communities who have least contributed to the climate crisis that are suffering the most, which is why raised ambitions at COP26 and an inclusive approach is needed.

High Level Champions Item 2 - Discussion: Champions team) Sayo introduced the role of the High Level Champion which was agreed at COP21 and updated the group on the Race to Zero campaign and regional resilience dialogues.
(Sayo Ayodele, High Level 2 ​ ​ Attendees noted the important role business must play in re-thinking how they operate and the impact they have on local communities.

It was highlighted that some communities, such as Indigenous Peoples, are already on the frontline of climate change and particularly affected by climate impacts now.
Item 3 - Discussion: December Summit (Alison Campbell, COP26 unit) Alison provided an overview of the upcoming 12 December event that the UK will co-host with the UN and France, in partnership with Italy and Chile, to mark the five-year anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement.

Attendees welcomed this initiative and called for the UK to demonstrate leadership in its own ambitious commitments ahead of this event.
Item 4 - Discussion: Presidency campaigns: Achieving change in the real economy (Matt Toombs, Director of Partnerships and Engagement) Matt provided an overview of the five focus areas the COP Presidency has identified to bring governments, business and civil society together to accelerate change in the global economy.

These are energy transitions, adaptation and resilience, finance, nature based solutions and transport.
Attendees noted the importance of inclusive engagement in all of this, and that mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure grassroot communities are heard.

Item 5 - Closing remarks CPD welcomed the discussion and asked that in future we allow more time for these meetings to discuss key issues in detail.

Bella provided final remarks emphasising the need for urgent action and highlighting that civil society and young people are ‘the disruptors and watchdogs’ and will continue to demand action.
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