United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Young Agenda 21 Foundation of Norway
will host the 2008 Tunza International Children’s Conference on the Environment which will bring together
1,000 people (700 children and 300 chaperones), between 10 and 14 years, from over 100 countries. The conference will be held from 17 to 21
June 2008 in Stavanger, Norway.
The Conference is a follow-up on the decision adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and
the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, South Africa, which states that views of
the children’s should be incorporated in decisions regarding environment.
The Conference will increase the children’s understanding of environmental issues by providing them with a
forum to share experiences and opinions and to collectively voice their concerns for the environment. It will
also inspire them to initiate and implement community environmental projects in their school and community.
The Conference will offer a series of workshops organized by both local and international facilitators on the
themes of the Conference (Energy, Biodiversity, Water and Production and Consumption). The Conference will
culminate in a set of commitments to be implemented by the children.
Junior Board which comprises of 12 members of eight representatives from the UNEP regions (North America,
Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, West Asia, Asia and the Pacific and 4 from Norway) will help
with preparations for the Conference and
ensures that the facilities and programme of the conference reflects the needs of the
children.
UNEP/Young Agenda 21-Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment 2008
