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third parties using such campaigns to gain popularity on social media platforms without
actually taking action;

4. Invites countries that can afford it to set up in schools from the age of 8 years a weekly
1-hour course on the environment in order to make them aware of the risks of climate
change while using ICTs to, but not only:

a. Offer an internationally standard course with online quizzes to test students’
knowledge and make them learn more playfully,
b. Have them watch individual videos showing the real consequences of climate

change,
c. Offer them actions that can be carried out on a daily basis to limit their carbon
impact;

5. Proposes to reduce the massive amount of information that is received by individuals in
terms of climate change, so that people do not get used to the problem as a common
thing, but that they bear in mind that climate change is an alarming problem that must

be solved, and that everyone can contribute to it;

6. Encourages the introduction of a policy of increased competition in the ICT sector in
underdeveloped countries as an incentive for major access providers to reduce their

prices in line with the World Bank's principle of unity in poverty reduction and economic
management;

7. Proposes that more developed countries provide international aid, as well as
technology to less developed and newly emerging economies (NEE’s) so that they
have equal chance to stop climate change, as well as improve the internet, especially

in rural areas, which will help to level out the economic and environmental gap;

8. Proposes the creation of an international label managed by UNEP that would classify

the different products to be marketed into five categories: very harmful, harmful,
neutral, respectful, very respectful; these categories would be indicated on the labels
of the said products, bearing in mind that the "very harmful" and "harmful" categories
would be accompanied by images representing their social and environmental

impact, this would enable consumers to make eco-responsible choices;

9. Requests the countries that have committed themselves to the United Nations

sustainable development programme to fulfil their commitment to give 0.7% of GDP
each year to the less developed countries.

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