#EndPoverty Day is here! Listen as Shurabe from Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ delivers a powerful call to action to rally your local community to address climate injustice ๐
In the past two years, @WBG_IDA created 8.67GW of renewable power capacity. Young people are thriving with this energy boost ๐, but, as @AuroraAudino explains, thereโs much more to do ๐ช What are you doing to mark #EndPoverty Day 2024? #IDAworks
A Day in the Life of the 2023 @WorldBank#IdeaBuzz champions! ๐
These Bangladeshi youth leaders rose to the top of a field of 400 and journeyed to World Bank HQ to meet officials and present their awesome idea for a soil monitoring app.๐ Huge congrats! @WorldBankSAsia
Wonderful news that @fatoulaminjeng is part of the new @YAGClimate! I feel inspired and energised every time I hear you speak, Fatou, congrats and canโt wait to see the impact you have at the UN! ๐
Climate change affects us all, and women's perspectives cannot be stifled ๐ช๐พ Join us and @Y4Cofficial as we honor the women working to create a sustainable future for all๐ #Youth4Climate#IWD2023#WomenInClimate
Congratulations @JoiceNajmMendez! So glad you will be bringing your wonderful insight, incredible strength, and exquisite ability to connect with people of all ages to the UN as part of the new @YAGClimate ๐
A huge shoutout to our friend @JoiceNajmMendez, a committed champion just named one of this year's @YAGClimate cohort! ๐ We have no doubt you'll do great work as a part of this formidable 7, Joice ๐
I'm proud to announce the 7 young leaders who will form my next @YAGClimate Youth Advisory Group, working side-by-side with climate activists & experts.
I'm honoured to stand with them & young people worldwide for bolder #ClimateAction.
un.org/en/climatechange/youtโฆ
Launched at #COP27 today, "Once Unimaginable," a new collective poem curated by @uBadr โ๐ฟ, features the voices experiences of @Aiogaoh93@DougnonGeorges @ZinsonniDe @sdjerambete@Imran_ibrahim_ Aimรฉ Sawadogo Oumar Cisse. ๐
We all have a story to tell--and a role to play. ๐
Some amazing moments from #Youth4Climate: #PoweringAction 2022 ๐ A huge thanks to all the young climate champions taking action for our planet, and to @Y4Cofficial and @UNDP4Youth for organizing this awesome event. This is only the beginning! ๐ช See you at #COP27 and Y4C '23 ๐
Our latest round of Intergenerational Quickfire Questions features @SorengArchana of @YAGClimate alongside Angus Mackay, director of the Division for Planet at the UN Institute for training and research. ๐ Listen now as these lovely climate leaders exchange perspectives! ๐
We've come far since the Rio Earth Summit 30 years ago ๐, but there's much left to do. The #Bonn climate talks #COP27 must focus on implementation โ
As @SevernSuzuki @vanessa_vash say, let's remember who we're doing this for commit to intergenerational action! ๐ @UNFCCC
Aldo Manos, who attended the very first @UNEP environment conference in Stockholm in '72, joined youth activist @xiyebastida for a special side-by-side intergenerational interview with us at #Stockholm50! ๐ This #WorldEnvironmentDay, let's remember we all have a role to play ๐
On #WorldEnvironmentDay, get inspired to protect our #OnlyOneEarth !
๐ฃAlessandro Modiano, Special Envoy for Climate Change๐ฎ๐น, spotlights how #Youth4Climate - in partnership with @UNDP - contributes to powering solutions to address the climate crisis๐ช๐ฝ
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It's been 50 years since the 1st #UN Conference on the Human Environment! At @StockholmPlus50 we must unite to ensure a healthy planet for future generations.๐
Stay tuned for our Intergenerational Responsibility dialogues with @UNEP next week. We can't give up on the future!๐
As today's Young Climate Innovators session concludes, C4C's own @kaiaderose offers a helpful tip to up-and-coming climate leaders:
"The #Youth4Climate Manifesto can be a useful map ๐บ๏ธ as you figure out where you want to go in your own career and your own climate journey. ๐"
This #EarthDay, we look ahead to #COP27 in Egypt. ๐ @Connect4Climate, @WBG_Climate, and the #Youth4Climate of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond stand united in our desire to move from commitments to implementation ๐ ๏ธ, embrace #ClimateFinance ๐ธ, chart a way forward. โ๐ฝ
Young climate leaders from across the MENA region beyond came together at #MENAClimateWeek2022 to share solutions, make connections demand a sustainable future. โ๐ฝ
@ineeshadvs recaps his experience of the Dubai conference in a new article: connect4climate.org/initiatiโฆ ๐