Power Shift Europe Training Guide

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Power Shift Europe Resource Pack

Welcome back

Hello!

This is the Power Shift Europe TrainingPack. It is written to accompany thetraining that your group has alreadyreceived and be a useful resource inorganising your Power Shift event!

It isnt a complete guide to organisingPower Shift, but does offer some ideas,things to consider, team structures, hints

and tips as well as all the history and areminder of some of the activities weexplored.

The Power ShiftEurope Team

Contents

1.Contents

2.Glossary

3.Timeline of youth at the UN

4.UNFCCC policy update

5.History of Power Shifts

6.Power Shift Aims and Values

7.Power Shift Template programme

8.Power Shift Template programme

continued

9.Things to consider for organising a Power

Shift

10.Team structure template

11.Public Narrative

12.Tips for keeping volunteers

13.Activities from the training

14.Helpful links & get in touch

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Glossary of Youth at the UN

UNFCCCThe United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change is the

UN body that is responsible foragreeing a global deal on climatechange with all nations of the world.

COPConference of the Parties is the termgiven the full meeting of all nationswho have signed up to the UNFCCC.

YOUNGOThe Youth Non-Governmental Organisationis the body of youth granted constituentstatus at the UNFCCC and is funded by theNetherlands Government. World youth votefor a Global North and Global South Focalpoint who liaise with the UNFCCCsecretariat for young people.

ConstituentStatusThis is the official term given to sections ofsociety that are officially recognised by the UNas having an interest in the outcomes of theUNFCCC negotiations.

Conference of Youth (COY)An annual event where the International Youthconvenes for resource sharing, training andsocial events at the United NationsConference of Parties.

The International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM)The name given to the network of youth organisations who work across the globe toinspire, empower and mobilise young people to take positive action on climate change.

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Timeline of youth involvement with the UNFCCC

1992 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is created at

UN Conference of Environment & Development (UNED) in Rio. This is a major step inthe world recognising climate change as a global issue requiring immediate action.

12 year old Severn Cullis-Suzuki from Vancouver gives a speech to the conference ofUNED and calls on the UN to do more to protect the future of the planet.

1994 On the 21 March the UNFCCC comes into force with 192 nations and 5 observer

countries agreeing to be part of the negotiations.

1997 Three years after the UNFCCC officially begins, theKyoto protocolis agreed in Japan committing nations toreduce their carbon emissions by 5% on 1990 levelsbetween 2008 and 2012.

2004 Young people issue a declaration demanding moreinvolvement in the UNFCCC process.

2005 At COP11, the Canadian Government fund young people to hold the first Conference of

Youth (COY) which is the beginning of the International Youth Climate Movement. Keyorganisers of the 350.org movement also attend this event.

The Kyoto Protocolagreement officially comes into force.

2006 At COP12 in Nairobi, COY 2 takes place and the African Youth Initiative on Climate

Change is founded.

2007 At COP13 in Bali, 100 young people attend the first youth self-organised Conference of

Youth. The Bali Roadmap is agreed which sets out

how a global deal on climate change, and

the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol, willbe achieved by 2012.

2009 In early 2009, young people apply for, and

provisionally receive, constituent statusmeaning that youth are officially recognisedas having a stake in the outcomes of thenegotiations.

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YOUNGO is formed and is supported with 300,000from the Government of the Netherlands. 1000 young people attend COY 5 making it thelargest Conference of Youth so far. COP15 in Copenhagen sees mass global actionaround the world and the worlds media and political

attention turning to the UNFCCC process.

2010 The turn out of young people is low, especially from developing countries, with only 300

young people attending COY. Young people successfully lobby for a deal on Article 6, which ensures basic climate

education is guaranteed, particularly for those who will behit hardest and more immediately by the impacts of climatechange.

UNFCCC policy update

COP15 - Copenhagen

Conference agreed to recognise the need to limit globaltemperature increases to 2c through this was not anadopted target. The science supporting limiting temperatureincreases to 1.5c will be reviewed in 2015.

No targets for carbon emission reductions were agreed or announced. Developed countries agreed to announce emission reduction targets over the next year

before COP16 in Cancun.

Fast Start climate finance for developing countries of $30bn is agreed between 2010 -2012. As of May 1st, the deadline for correspondence with the UN secretariat, nodeveloped country has given their share of the funding.

The Copenhagen Accord is agreed but is largely denounced by NGOs and developingcountries.

COP16 - Cancun

The emission reduction targets announced by developed countries are officially put intothe UNFCCC documentation. The targets show each countries unconditional emissionreduction target by 2020 as well as their target if a global deal is agreed.

None of the emission targets placed in the documentation are legally binding and if

achieved would lead to 3.2C rise in global temperatures - 1.2c higher than therecognised 2c limit.

Developing nations make emission reduction target commitments for the first time. The Green Climate Fund is established committing to $100bn by 2020 to support

developing countries adapt to, and limit, the impacts of climate change. A decision on the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol is deferred to COP17 in Durban

after Japan announced they wont sign any second phase for when the currentagreement expires in 2012.

Due to successful lobbying by YOUNGO, Article 6, on climate education, is agreed.

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History of Power Shift

2007

Between November 2-5th, the EnergyAction Coalition in America put on the worldsfirst Power Shift.

6000 young people attend making it thelargest youth climate event in history (so far). Al Gore, Van Jones and Nancy Pelosi givekey note speeches. Young people called for: 5 Million Clean Jobs 80% emission reduction by 2050 on 1990levels Moratorium on new coal plans

2009 Between Feb 27 - 2nd March, the Energy Action Coalition in America put on their

second Power Shift with 10,000 young people attending in Washington. On the finalday they hold a mass action of civildisobedience and shut down the powerstation on Capitol Hill.

The Australian Youth Climate Coalitionhold their first Power Shift between July11-13th. Their Day of Action is a flashdance on Sydney Opera House.

At the Institute of Education in London the

UK Youth Climate Coalition train 350young people in Public Narrative at theirfirst Power Shift between October 9-12th.

1000 young people attend the CanadianYouth Climate Coalitions first Power Shift.

2010

Regional Power Shift events take place inAdelaide, Canberra and Geelong in Australia.

2011

The Energy Action Coalition hold their third PowerShift between April 15th - 18th with 10,000 youngpeople attending. They also secure a meeting withBarack Obama at the White House. Al Gore, Van

Jones and Bill McKibben give key note speeches. The Power Shift Europe project begins by training national organising teams throughout

Europe to put on Power Shift events. The UK Youth Climate Coalition plan to hold their second Power Shift in Manchester.

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Power Shift Aims and Values

Inspiring people to take actionPower Shift aims to inspire young people to takepositive action on climate change in a way that is realand meaningful to them. It inspires by connecting

them to climate change through values - the why ofcampaigning - and by showing the impact that youngpeople have on decision makers through sharing theirvision of a better world.

Creating a sustainable movement of peopleacross the countryThe youth climate movement must be sustained in the long term with strong structures andstrategy but also sustainable, healthy and supportive for the volunteers who run it. Itrequires a county wide mobilisation of young people to be taking action in theircommunities and collectively building a movement. Climate change will affect us all, butall in different ways, and Power Shift needs to be a platform for young people from allbackgrounds, ethnicities, sexualities, religions, and regions.

Community organising training, workshops and techniquesInspiring young people to take a lead needs to be followed by giving them the opportunity

to learn the skills, share knowledge, receive innovativecampaign techniques and become equipped changemakers to take action in their community. The Day ofAction must offer the inspiration and energy to motivateyoung people to be climate leaders after Power Shift

ends.

Networking and action planningPower Shift brings together young people from allacross a country and so giving time for them to meeteach other and share experiences is really important increating a sustainable movement. By buildingconnections and offering space for individualcooperation and collaboration we create a united, butindependent thinking, youth climate network. Planningthe action and campaign for after Power Shift is key and

means that young people leave feeling empowered andsupported once they leave Power Shift.

A national message of unity, ask for change and mainstream attentionWith young people coming together we must show how united the youth climatemovement is and how determined we are to achieve the change that is needed. PowerShift must send a national message of hope to young people and create the mediaattention to hold our leaders to account and call for action on climate change.

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Power Shift TemplateDay 1 - Friday

Activity Template Time Your ideas

Volunteers Arrival 13.00

Volunteer Registration /Briefing / Set up

13.30-14.30

Delegate Registration 14.30

Opening Session - Welcome 17.00-19.00

Dinner 19.00-21.00

Walk to accommodation 21.15-22.00

Day 2 - Saturday


Walk from accommodation 8.30-9.15

Volunteer Registration /

Briefing / Set up

8.30-9.30

Introduction to the sessions 9.30-10.30

Break 10.30-10.45

Session 1 10.45-13.00

Lunch 13.00-14.30

Day of Action Practice 14.30-16.15

Break 16.15-16.30

Session 2 16.30-18.00

Dinner 18.00-20.00

Entertainment 20.00-22.30


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Day 3 - Sunday


Walk from accommodation 7.45-8.30

Volunteer Registration /

Briefing / Set up

8.00-9.30

Introduction to the sessions 9.30-10.30

Break 10.30-10.45

Session 3 10.45-13.00

Lunch 13.00-14.00

Session 4 14.00-15.45

Break 15.45-16.00

Closing Speech 16.00-18.00

Dinner 18:00-21:00


Day 4 - Monday


Walk from accommodation 7:45-8:30

Day of Action Rehearsals 8.30-10:00

Break 10:00-10:30

Day of Action Rehearsals 10:30 - 11:30

Action 11:30 - 12:00

This template programme is only a draft and your event may follow a very differentstructure.

This is based on the programme that was used by the UK Youth Climate Coalition for theirPower Shift event in 2009.

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Power Shift Breakdown

VenueThings to consider:

Is the venue geographically accessible as well as physically? Does it allow for youngpeople from all around the country to attend?

The cost of the venue is likely to be the most expensive thing - can you get somewherefor free? Definitely try and negotiate a price!

Is there enough space for a main room, workshop spaces, volunteer rooms, prayerrooms, quiet rooms, store room, organisers room, cloak room? You may not need allthese but they are things to consider.

Will the venue provide food? If yes, how much will it cost? If not, are there placesnearby?

You will also need to think about insurance and whether the venue is insured or if youneed to get your own.

ProgrammeThings to consider:

What kind of speakers do you want to attend? Politicians, celebrities, sport stars,scientists, campaigners, young people, organisers? What kind of message do you wantto create by them speaking? Are certain speakers better at certain times?

Whats the aim of all the workshops? Is there a goal of Power Shift that links them alltogether? Who is going to run all the workshops and have they got the right training?

Do any other organisations or partners want to help deliver the programme? This couldreally make them feel part of the event.

By going to the workshops, what do you hope young people attending do with what theyhave learnt? Is there a session to think about whats next?

Are you having entertainment or more informal sessions? Perhaps a film screening orlive music?

What kind of equipment and resources will be needed? Microphones, projectors, pens,flip chart, etc?

Logistics:Things to consider:

Are you providing accommodation? This can be done very cheaply and people nevermind sleeping on the floor as long as it doesnt cost too much!

How are people going to travel to Power Shift? Is it accessible by train, bus, coach? Are you charging for tickets? Are you offering any discounts for people who book early

or as part of a group? What about people who arent able to pay the full amount or aretraveling a long way to attend?

Will you have enough volunteers for Power Shift to make it run smoothly? You mightneed to recruit some more people just for the event to help as stewards.

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RecruitmentThings to consider:

Whats your strategy for recruiting people to attend Power Shift? Are you going touniversities to get people? Is a tour of all the universities possible? Perhaps even getkey organisers from those universities to help?

Do you have any flyers or posters to give out to people?

How do people book tickets? Can this be done online or by calling someone? Have you got a website explaining all about Power Shift, to inspire them to come and to

get people excited about coming? What about Facebook, Twitter, Connect? How will you get people from different backgrounds, religions, ethnicities, sexualities,

abilities and regions to attend?

Day of ActionThings to consider:

What are you asking your national leaders for? Be very clear about the nationalmessage and be specific in what you want changed.

Have you got someone working on media? This could be a huge event and you wantnewspapers, TV, radio and online news to be covering it.

Is it possible given the time you have? Remember the Australian Flash Dance was onlydone in a weekend so do think big but you also need to be realistic.

Think visual. Make your action very visible, big, colourful and fun to get the mostattention.

Is it legal? If you need to get permission then get it and talk to the police about theaction you are planning. If that isnt possible then make sure you warn participants ofthe possible outcomes and be honest with them.

Team template

Below is a template structure of how your organising team could look.

It has a Coordinator who is responsible for the overall organising and a number of Officerroles who focus more specifically on one area of Power Shift organising.

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Power Shift Coordinator

Programme Logistics Communications

Day of Action Recruitment


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Public Narrative

The Public Narrative training was developed by ProfessorMarshall Ganz who is an America academic, campaigner andcommunity organiser. He developed a training called Publicnarrative that is about being able to effectively use your

personal story as a way of inspiring other people to takeaction. He designed Barack Obamas grassroots electioncampaign which saw thousands of people becomecommunity organisers to secure his election in 2008 and hasbeen used in the Farmers Union, by politicians, businesses,Oxfam, Christian Aid and campaigners all around the world.

The technique has three stages:

Story of Self - This looks at your personalstory of why you are involved, what motivatesyou, what inspired you to be involved and thecircumstances, choices and decisions thatmake you do what you do.

Story of Us - Our collective story is whatmakes people feel part of what we do. Asindividuals, we organiser our communities andthe wider public around us and its important

we understand our values, develop our vision for what we want to future to look like andwhy are shared history and heritage has created the world we live in now.

Story of Now -There is a reason to why we need to act and why its crucial that we actnow. Building upon our personal story and then our shared values and vision, this is aboutarticulating what needs to be done and the opportunities and threats that create and canhelp overcome the gap between the world we live in now and the vision of the future wehave. What choices can we make? What action can we take? How can we make changetogether?

Community organising takes three forms:

Head - This is the how part of organising and thinks about strategy, technique, planning,

vision and process.Hands - This is the action or the doing section which is about taking action, doing thework, putting the strategy into action.

Organisers tend to be very good at communicating what we want changed and whatpeople need to do to help. We often miss out:

Heart- The why is such an important element and helps people realise the value andmoral reason for the change we want to create.

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5 Top Tips for keeping and supporting volunteers

Give them timeVolunteering for a youth organisation can mean a lot of time working from home, on yourown, in front of a laptop. It is important that they feel part of the bigger picture and thatthey are connected to the wider organising team. Spending time with volunteers - by

having a coffee, a beer, or just a chat on the phone - will make them feel valued andappreciated.

Inspire, motivate and celebrate themOrganising Power Shift can be hard work and itsimportant to remind people why they are putting inall this work and how it will all be worth it in the end.Always remain positive and upbeat with volunteers,inspire them by reminding them how others aroundthe world have felt the same and motivate them by

sharing and celebrating their successes and thesuccesses of others so that people can see thechange that is happening. Keep telling them howfantastic it will be, what it will look like, how they feeland how proud and excited you are by everyoneswork.

Be excited about their work and their contribution to wider movementSome people will have less glamourous jobs. Things like the accounts, finances, policiesand procedures arent seen as the fun jobs - but they are so important. Always be excitedby the work that people are doing and this will motivate them to keep going. Everyone on

the organising team is doing a crucial job and making sure everyone understands exactlywhat other people are doing will help them see how everything links together. Keepreminding them about the even bigger picture - the Power Shift Europe networks, theglobal Power Shifts and the International Youth Climate Movement. This is what we are allpart of!

Give them opportunities to learn and develop their own skillsWe expect a lot from volunteers and its important that we try and give something back. Atthe start of the project try asking them what skills they are hoping to develop and throughthe organising try to help them achieve that. There will also be exciting opportunities likeGovernment meetings, trips abroad, public speaking or press interviews and try to sharethese to that everyone gets a turn.

Support them pastorally as well as structurallyIn youth climate campaigning we are much more than just work colleagues. People investso much emotion, contribute so much time and want to achieve this so much that thingsare very personal. We have to look after our volunteers on a personal and a professionallevel. Get to know them, know whats going on in their life and the other things they do.This will help you understand them better and enable you to give them the right support tounlock their potential.

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Activities

Whats your vision?

A is where the group is nowC is where you all want the group to be in a

year.X - the mountains - are all the obstacles or thethings that could get in your way to achievingyour vision.B is all the things you can do to overcomeobstacles and go round the mountain.

Use post it notes to list A, C, X & B. Then use the Action planning sheet for all the thingsyou list in the B section.

Action planning

Vision

Obstacle

What needs tobe done?

What resourcesare needed?

What might getin the way?

Who isresponsible?

When will it bedone by?

My Passport" " " " " " SWOT Analysis

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Helpful links & get in touch

Youth at the UNSeverns speech to the UNED in Rio 1992 - http://bit.ly/iVgXqMYouth Declaration in Bali - http://bit.ly/lQI09sUNFCCC - http://unfccc.int

YOUNGO Site - http://youthclimate.org/YOUNGO Wiki - http://sites.google.com/site/unfcccyoungo/UKYCC UN site - http://un.ukycc.org

Power ShiftEnergy Action Coalitions first Power Shift - http://bit.ly/lPEnG9USA Power Shift 2011 - http://youtu.be/x62VCj12P5gUKYCC Power Shift summary video - http://bit.ly/kyIAZ6AYCC Flash Dance - http://bit.ly/juRS5nUKYCC Flash Dance - http://bit.ly/kjSleF

Climate movementUK Youth Climate Coalition - http://www.ukycc.orgAustralian Youth Climate Coalition - http://www.aycc.orgEnergy Action Coalition - http://energyactioncoalition.org/Canadian Youth Climate Coaltion - http://www.cacc.orgClimate movement 2009 - http://bit.ly/ma0TYLMap of YCCs from around the world - http://bit.ly/lLGyMi

Power Shift EuropePush Europe - http://www.pusheurope.eu

Power Shift Europe - http://www.powershifteurope.eu

Power Shift Europe FacebookPush Europe - http://www.facebook.com/pusheuropePower Shift Europe - http://on.fb.me/lBJ04D

Power Shift Europe TwitterPush Europe - @pusheurope2011 - http://www.twitter.com/pusheurope2011Power Shift Europe - @pseurope2011 - http://www.twitter.com/pseurope2011

Power Shift Europe organising team EmailEmma - Power Shift Europe Coordinator - [email protected] - Power Shift Training Officer - [email protected] - Film Maker Officer - [email protected] - Network Support [email protected] - Campaign Officer - [email protected]

Or if you arent sure who the right person to contact is, then [email protected] well pass you on to the right person.

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