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Why women are key to climate action

Women and girls face disproportionate impacts from climate change. They are also driving climate solutions at all levels – as farmers, workers, consumers, household managers, activists, leaders, and entrepreneurs The climate crisis does not affect everyone equally. Women and girls face disproportionate impacts from climate change — largely because they make up…

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Youth in Action

Climate change has increased levels of uncertainty about our future. As its impacts intensify over time, one thing has become certain: We will leave the Earth to today’s children and young people, and to future generations. The world is home to 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10…

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The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6)

The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) took place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.  UNEA-6 focused on how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution…

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“R40 Climate Cafe’s”

THE RESILIENT40 CLIMATE CAFES What is a climate café? A climate café is a community-organised space for people to have open conversations about the climate crisis (including how it makes us feel). Every climate café is different: some might include unstructured discussions, while others could feature events and workshops. No…

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“Empowering Tomorrow: A Blueprint for Genuine Youth Representation in Climate Decision-Making at COP28”

In a world desperately in need of sustainable solutions, the voices of the future are conspicuously absent from international climate negotiations. As the COP28 unfolds in Dubai, the stark underrepresentation of young people, especially from marginalized communities, is more apparent than ever. As the world looks to Dubai for decisive…

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Time to Act Now!

Time to Act Now! Action on the climate crisis is needed now. The recent IPCC Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report states that it is likely that warming will exceed 1.5°C during the 21st century and make it harder to limit warming below 2°C. Every increment of global warming will intensify multiple and concurrent…

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Migration Declaration

We, the Youth of Africa, declare a humanitarian crisis induced by climate change on our continent. Despite Africa contributing less than 4% of the historical global emissions, the brutal slow and rapid onset extreme weather events such as heat waves,  droughts,  floods, landslides, storms and cyclones are ravaging lives and…

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Global south youth voice

Both nature and young people are underserved and underrepresented in climate action, funding, and policy, yet both are critical components of climate solutions. Nature plays a strong role in the mitigation and adaptation of climate change. Over half of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide are sequestered by the land and…

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