Green Expressions/Edit-a-thon
Join the Contest[edit]
Welcome to the Green Expressions Wikidata contest organized by WikiVibrance in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation and UNFCCC Youth Constituency, YOUNGO.
About: The Green Expressions Wikidata Contest focuses on creating Wikidata items for youth climate movements, youth climate engagement activities, youth climate conferences, climate focused projects or initiatives implemented by youth and youth climate activists among others as part of the WIkiForHumanRights 2023 Campaign.
Duration: The Wikidata contest will run from 00:01 on 10 June until 23:59 on 30 June 2023
Prizes: Participants will be selected based on quality and quantity of wikidata items created. The top 3 contributors will get:
- 1st Place - $50 of goods from the Wikimedia Store and a certificate for participation
- 2nd Place - $40 of goods from the Wikimedia store and a cerificate for participation
- 3rd Place - $30 of goods from the Wikimedia store and a certificate for participation
How to get Started[edit]
- Sign up on the dashboard to track your contributions
- Start with the wikidata list in the table below and other items not on the table but falls under the scope of the contest
| S/N | Title | Description | Links | please put your username here on any of the items you choose to create | Created | |
| YOUNGO Climate Migration Capacity Building on Migrants and Diaspora Contribution to Resilience Building | This is a 2-hour online event to explore the vital role of migrants and diaspora communities in building climate resilience, and the role of policy advocacy in supporting their contributions | Atibrarian | Yes | |||
| 2022 Africa Youth Declaration on Climate Mobility | This is a youth declaration initiatied under the auspice of the Africa Climate Mobility Initiative's Youth Forum. The Youth Forum is organized by the African Union Youth Envoy, UNICEF, YOUNGO, the Migration Youth and Children’s Platform, and the Resilient40 Africa, enabled by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, and supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. The declaration presented on 10 November 2022, at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt was developed by the African Youth with key contributors including Rose Kobusinge, Krystel Sil Sikana, Lukmon Akintola, Euphemia Uwandu, Percy Darlyn Reynolds, and Dr. Rufaro Mushonga. The declaration builds on the East and Horn of Africa Youth Key Messages to the Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment & Climate Change. | https://therwandapost.com/cop27-african-youth-issue-list-of-demands ; https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/blogs/youth-reflections-kampala-conference-migration-environment-and-climate-change | Atibrarian | Yes | ||
| 2022 Kampala Conference on Migration, Environment and Climate Change | This is a high-level event on Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the East and Horn of Africa organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), through its Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa (RO EHoA), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and East African Development Bank (EADB) Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC) with the Government of Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment on 27 to 29 July 2022, in Kampala, Uganda. The IOM, RCC Kampala, YOUNGO (the official children and youth Constituency of the UNFCCC) and Chatham House supported a delegation of 12 youth representing the East and Horn of African countries to attend the conference and work together with the Migration Working Group members to develop the Kampala Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change. | https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/blogs/youth-reflections-kampala-conference-migration-environment-and-climate-change ;https://unfccc.int/kampala-ministerial-declaration-on-migration-environment-and-climate-change | Atibrarian | Yes | ||
| 2022 Youth Key Messages for the Regional Conference on
Migration and Climate Change |
This is a statement developed by YOUNGO Climate Migration Working Group and Youth from the East and Horn of Africa highlighting recommendations, collaborative efforts for implementation and demands on solving human mobility in the context of climate change with a focus on 5 key thematic areas of capacity building, improved data and knowledge production, rights-based approaches to adaptation, multi-stakeholder collaboration and accessible finance. The statement developed through youth consultative forums, informative surveys and the panel discussion was presented during the 2022 Kampala Conference on Migration, Environment and Climate Change | Atibrarian | Yes | |||
| YOUNGO Climate Migration Working Group Migration and Climate Change Nexus Capacity Building Webinar | This is an online webinar held on 24 October 2022 to bridge knowledge and capacity gaps especially for the youth on the climate change and human mobility nexus at the global, national and local levels to improve their meaningful engagement in debates, policy and action prior to COP27. The session was moderated by Yoko Lu, Rory Mondshein and Adonis Cortes hosting speakers such as Stephanny Ulivieri, Noora Mäkelä, Aquayemi-Claude G. Akinsanya and Lauren Grant. | Agus Damanik | Yes | |||
| YOUNGO Climate Migration Working Group Pre-COP27 Capacity Building on State and Non-state Actors | This is an online webinar held on 22 October 2022 to explore the role of sub-state and non-state actors in international climate change governance, changes, challenges and recommendations for climate governance. | Agus Damanik | Yes | |||
| YOUNGO Climate Migration Working Group Pre-COP27 Capacity Building on Role of Youth through Storytelling | This is a Twitter Space event held on 28 October 2022 to share stories of diverse young people with lived experiences of dealing with climate migration; vulnerabilities (including gender dimension) around children and young people living and migrating in difficult conditions; adaptation strategies adopted by young people in instances of climate migration; and how youth navigate around being both victims and actors in climate-induced migration at different scales. | Agus Damanik | Yes | |||
| Decarbonize Global Child Climate Program | The Decarbonize Global Child Climate Program is a school-based program led by the Centre for Global Education that connects primary and secondary children in over 70 countries to collaboratively learn, share, and act on climate issues. | https://decarbonize.me/#:~:text=Led%20by%20the%20Centre%20for,and%20act%20on%20climate%20issues | Lukjsly | Yes | ||
| Handbook Project | This is a YOUNGO Nature Working Group Project kickstarted in September 2022 to create a knowledge base to disseminate to youth entering the nature/climate space. | Agus Damanik | Yes | |||
| Invasive Species Project | This is a YOUNGO Nature Working Group Project commenced in September 2022 to document region based invasive species | Agus Damanik | Yes | |||
| Impact Story Project | This is a YOUNGO Nature Working Group Project started in September 2022 to showcase local and regional works undertaken by members. | Agus Damanik | ||||
| YOUNGO Nature Working Group 2022 World River Day Webinar | This is a webinar titled ''Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Aquifer:The Way Forward to commemorate World River Day and raise awareness on the importance of water. This was held online by YOUNGO, Nature Working Group, Water Working Group, Ocean's Voice, and Young Power on the 19 and 22 March 2022. Speakers and Facilitators include Jhonnly Jn-Baptiste, Jessica Li, Mathias KPETOHOTO, Brian Simbeye, Dr. Ahmed Ouda, Dr. Edelin Jean Milien, Yoko Lu, Elizabeth Ayuma, Malek, and Zainab. | Agus Damanik | ||||
| YOUNGO Nature Working Group 2022 Wetlands Day Twitter Space | This is a Twitter Space Conversation titled ''Wetlands Day: The Climate and Youth Nexus'' held on 2 February 2022 to explore the current challenges and opportunities in conserving and restoring wetlands, share the youth experience in working on wetlands as well as role in conserving them while exploring the development of a youth statement on wetlands. The session was moderated by Abraham Bugre and Yoko Lu. The context of discussion was based on the 2021 Global Wetland Outlook and the experience of youth activists working on wetlands. | CaliBen | Lukjsly | |||
| YOUNGO Nature Working Group 2022 International Forestry Day webinar | This is an online webinar to celebrate the 2022 International Forestry Day held on 21 and 23 March creating space to discuss climate activism, environmental championship, community response initiatives, forestland preservation, natural habitat protection, and their impacts on communities. The sessions were organized by Nature’s Echo, Indigenous, and Agriculture Working Groups of YOUNGO | Lukjsly | ||||
| YOUNGO Nature Working Group 2022 World Wildlife Day | This is an online capacity building event to celebrate the 2022 World Wildlife Day on 3 March | Agus Damanik | ||||
| YOUNGO Nature Working Group 2023 Earth Day Webinars | This is a 2-hour online webinar featuring capacity building and panel discussion on 22 April 2023 in celebration of 2023 Earth Day. The session titled ''Exploring the connection between human health and biodiversity'' hosted speakers such as Zainab Naeem, Aydan Comba and Siddhant while highlighting people's relationaship with nature. | Agus Damanik | ||||
| Nature-based Solutions Project Reporting | This is a collaborative project of YOUNGO Nature Working Group, Youth4Nature and Global Youth Biodiversity Network commenced on 15 April 2021 to develop an inclusive Global Youth Position Statement on Nature-based Solutions. The youth statement is divided into three parts that includes providing accessible information for youth about NbS, launching a youth consultation, and co-developing a Global Youth Position Statement on NbS. | https://www.nbsyouthposition.org/about | Agus Damanik | |||
| YOUNGO Nature Working Group Biodiversity Capacity Building Webinars | This is an online short course that features capacity building series to empower young people on thematic and technical areas of biodiversity over a 1-month period from 1 - 31 May 2023. | Agus Damanik | ||||
| 2022 United Nations Forum on Forests Project | This is a project led by the Major Group Children and Youth to the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF MGCY) to develop youth regional consultations and youth declaration in collaboration with youth organizations and representatives in the forest sector for the 2022 XV World Forest Congress (XV WFC) held on 2 - 6 May at Coex, Seoul, Republic of Korea. | Aminwa 21 | Yes | |||
| YOUNGO NDCs Working Group Capacity Building Series on NDCs and Global Stocktake (GST) | This was a series of four capacity building online sessions titled Understanding the significance of NDCs; Mitigation and Adaptation in NDCs; Financing NDCs and Loss and damage in NDCs to build youth capacity to on NDCs technical terms, their significance and increase youth engagement in NDC related processes. | Agus Damanik | ||||
| YOUNGO NDC Working Group Guide on Securing an Ambitious and Equitable Global Stocktake | This is a submission to the 3rd Technical Dialogue of the 1st Global Stocktake (GST) on March 2023 to share expectations from the GST processes and report developed by members of the signatory constituencies and organizations including ENGO, WGC (Women and Gender Constituency), YOUNGO (Children and Youth Constituency, ITUC - TUNGO, Climate Action Network International, Africa Climate and Environment Foundation (ACEF), International Student Environmental Coalition (ISEC/ CAN International) and TEAL Climate. Individual contributors were Shreya K.C., Ibrahim M.S., Yoko Lu, Arab Bawa, Ajadi Sodiq, Birendra Rai, Anusha Seechurn, Fiona Brown, Clara B, Musa, Mario Galbert, Niklas Wagner, and Hino Samuel Jose | Agus Damanik |
Winners[edit]
Winners are selected based on quality and quantity of wikidata items created. The top 3 contributors are:
- 1st Place - User:Sir Success
- 2nd Place - User:Mndetasin
- 3rd Place - User:Agus Dananik