17-18 Dec 2015 Hanoi (Vietnam)
ChangE - NGO Presentation
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1 : ChangE NGO

ChangE is a local NGO who focuses in employing innovative communications, community engagement and policy advocacy to campaign for sustainable changes regarding urgent environmental and developmental issues in Vietnam. since its official registration under VUSTA (Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association) in 2013, ChangE has partnered with WildAid to protect endangered species like rhinos and pangolins; and with 350.org to organize climte change action.

Identifying energy as a priority issue in its climate change campaign, in the past 3 years ChangE has organized youth-led campaigns to raise awareness on the connections between energy and climate change, to push for fossiel fuel divestment, and to lobby the government in choosing sustainable energy options for a low-carbon economy.

 

A condense list of ChangE's campaigns is as follow :

- In 2013, the key campaign was Vietnam Power Shift, which comprised of the national climate leadership workshop I am a Climate Citizen, the National Day of Action for Energy and Climate, and the video art project "Pink and Black", all of which raised awareness on climate impacts and introduced to locals the sustainable energy solutions through exciting creative activities and arts.

- In 2014, the key campaign was People's Climate March, which comprised the photographic campaign "I Can't..." and the Day of Action "Black Day", both sending strong images of coal effects on the daily lives of bottle. The Sun in a Bottle proved much needed solutions for families lacking electricity to generate adequate lightning. The Climate Camp brought corporations to rural areas heavily affected by climate change to brainstorm mitigation solutions.

- In 2015, ChangE targeted universities and banks for the Global Divestment Day, calling for divestment from coal altogether. The EACLC gathered participants from five East Asian countries and trained them on regional issues induced by climate change. The POWER UP festival in November does not only celebrate the Vietnamese message to COP 21, but also launches a year-long campaign well into 2016 with solutions encouraging renewable energy.



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