The results are in!

37,432 young Australians around the nation voted in Youth Decide.
You were faced with three different futures, and this is what you chose:

• 34,267 (91.5%) voted for World 3 (40% + emissions reductions)

• 2,225 (5.9%) voted for World 2 (25 – 40% emissions reductions)

• 940 (2.5%) voted for World 1 (4 - 24% emissions reductions)

An overwhelming 97.5 % of young people voted for emissions targets stronger than those currently proposed by the government.

Over the past week, over 330 local voting events have been held in high schools, Universities, TAFEs, libraries, parks and even beaches around Australia. A team of 2,000 volunteers helped organise these events.

Almost 5,000 attended a concert in the middle of voting week in Melbourne’s Federation Square with The Cat Empire, Blue King Brown, Mat from the Beautiful Girls and Kisschasy. All of your support has helped make Youth Decide one of the biggest per capita mobilisations of young people on climate change anywhere in the world.

Thanks to everyone who has had your say about the world we’re going to inherit.

Help deliver these results to all Federal Politicians: Take Action NOW

Youth Decide wasn't just a vote. It's a movement. And the next step is to deliver these results to all Federal politicians. How? Download everything you need here:

A template letter, a guide to meeting your local MP, and how to follow up.

Find out more here on engagaing your MP.

So... what’s next?

The Youth Decide voting week may be over but the campaigning for stronger action is just beginning.The United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen are this December, and our Government is falling well short of the leadership we need for a strong global agreement to reduce greenhouse pollution.

What will we do with the Youth Decide results?

We have some allies over in New York at the UN Climate Week this week who’ll present the results, and a youth delegation of young Australians will take them all the way to Copenhagen in December.

Following the voting week, we will send the results of Youth Decide to all relevant politicians. We're organising meetings with politicians to make sure that your voice is heard by decision makers. We have requested a meeting with the PM to hand over the results and we'll let you know what he says when we speak to him.

Where do I come in?

You are part of this movement and we need you to keep making some noise on climate change. There will be heaps of opportunities to do this in the following weeks and months. Visiting a politician is one of the most important things you can do whilst campaigning for an issue as important as climate change. It carries much more weight than signing a petition, sending a postcard, making a phone call or even sending a letter. We’ve prepared some resources to help you organise your own MP meeting here.