How COP26 Responded to the Youth4Climate Manifesto
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At the Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition summit in Milan, hundreds of young delegates from all over the world worked together to draft a seminal

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Youth Driving Ambition
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">On the central theme of Youth Driving Ambition, the writers of the Youth4Climate Manifesto called on policymakers to open new avenues to young people and empower them to participate in the process of developing and implementing climate action. In response, the </span><a href="https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma2021_L16_adv.pdf&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Glasgow Climate Pact</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> included a call “to ensure meaningful youth participation and representation in multilateral, national and local decision-making processes.” Additionally, Italian Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani announced at the COP that the Youth4Climate summit will henceforth be an annual event, giving young people a direct pipeline to the latest climate negotiations.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">In particular, the Manifesto called for renewed commitment to elevating, respecting and acting on the voices of indigenous people, women, and the most vulnerable. At COP26, the </span><a href="https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Improved%20Marrakech%20…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Improved Marrakech Partnership for Enhancing Ambition</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> incorporated this message into its charter along with a five-year plan emphasizing accountability to stakeholders. A number of countries, including Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, the US, and the UK, made fresh commitments to Gender Action, investing in women’s leadership and initiating a policy of conducting gender breakdowns in all statistical climate analyses moving forward.</span></span></span></p>

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Sustainable Recovery
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Within the Sustainable Recovery theme, the Youth4Climate Manifesto urged all countries to rapidly transition towards renewable energy to reach net zero emissions by 2030. The percentage of the world covered by net zero targets now stands at 90%, up from 30% two years ago, but most of these plans do not meet the ambitious timeline called for in the Manifesto. To help push for increased ambition, The Glasgow Climate Pact sped up the timeline for countries to submit stronger Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), requesting that world leaders “revisit and strengthen” their 2030 targets by COP27 next year.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Manifesto stressed the role of innovation and technological development in driving the needed changes, a message which 35 world leaders at COP26 took to heart in their accession to the new </span><a href="https://ukcop26.org/breakthrough-agenda-launching-an-annual-global-chec…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">, which aims to accelerate the development and deployment of clean technologies around the world this decade—all while driving down costs. The Breakthrough Agenda’s primary objectives are making renewable energy structures attractive alternatives in the most population-heavy regions of the world by 2030 and empowering developing countries to take advantage of clean energy.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">In line with the Manifesto’s call for collaboration with the private sector on green energy, the Glasgow Financial Alliance has committed over $130 trillion (USD) in private capital to reshaping the global economy. Spanning 45 countries, these commitments will go a long way toward making net zero a reality.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">One point youth leaders were very clear on in their text is the need to abandon entirely the exploration and extraction of fossil fuels. Although COP26 did not deliver the ambition asked for by young people on this front, their calls for action did spur some progress in Glasgow. Denmark and Costa Rica launched the </span><a href="https://beyondoilandgasalliance.com/&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Beyond Oil &amp; Gas Alliance</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> with countries such as France, Sweden, and Ireland, who all committed to a managed phase-out of oil and gas production within their borders. The UK assembled a coalition of 190 countries committed to the rapid upscaling of green power and the </span><a href="https://unfccc.int/news/end-of-coal-in-sight-at-cop26&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">abolishment of coal</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> by the 2030s for major economies and the 2040s for the rest of the world. The Glasgow Climate Pact also marked the first time that a COP decision text has directly referenced the need to move away from coal reliance and fossil fuel subsidies.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Y4C-VS-COP_SUSTAINABLE-RECOVERY---Horizontal.jpg" style="height:366px; width:700px" /></span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">In the push toward a sustainable future, the Manifesto was resolute that developed nations must assist developing nations in their implementation of the energy transition. On this front, COP26 saw some big announcements, including the launch of a World Bank trust fund that will mobilize $200 million over the next decade to support the decarbonization of road transport in emerging and developing economies. The UK government’s </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-funding-to-support-developing-cit…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Urban Climate Action program (UCAP)</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> was also a standout, pledging $27.5 million in funding to support cities across Africa, Asia and Latin America as they pursue net zero.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Accounting for “loss and damage” was key to the youth leaders’ conception of Sustainable Recovery, and COP took some needed steps in this regard. Section VI of the Glasgow Climate Pact empowered the Santiago Network to ramp up its ongoing efforts to address loss and damage worldwide while bolstering resilience to future climate impacts. While COP26 may not have delivered the level of progress hoped for by Youth4Climate delegates, loss and damage became a central topic in the negotiations. In the Pact, countries agreed to start a dialogue in anticipation of COP27, which was viewed by the Alliance of Small Island States as “a key step towards the creation of a loss and damage finance facility.”</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The cultivation of nature-based farming practices and climate-smart agriculture is a major priority of the Youth4Climate Manifesto—no surprise, given the extent and impact of our food systems. Responding to this call to action, 45 nations and 95 high-profile companies at COP26 pledged to redouble action and investment toward </span><a href="https://unfccc.int/news/nations-and-businesses-commit-to-create-sustain…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">safeguarding nature and transitioning agriculture</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> to a sustainable model in the years to come. Further, more than 100 countries pledged to </span><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-01/100-nations-pledge-t…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> by 2030 with the help of $19 billion in allocated public and private funds.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The vision articulated in the Youth4Climate Manifesto extended beyond governments, stressing the need to engage non-state actors in the building of a green future as well. One key means of facilitating this sort of engagement, wrote the youth delegates, is “promoting and simplifying the processes for equitable global technology transfer,” both among research institutions and between those institutions and private industry. At COP26, the UK-led </span><a href="https://ukcop26.org/breakthrough-agenda-launching-an-annual-global-chec…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Breakthrough Agenda</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">, which enlisted 42 nations, aligned itself with this aim, pledging to ramp up the development and rollout of innovative green tech worldwide. And in a dedicated “clean technology development drive,” 35 world leaders committed to increasing their countries’ ambition on both producing green tech and making it more affordable for the average consumer this decade.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">It’s no secret that the wasteful “fast fashion” industry is long overdue for a pivot to sustainable practices, and the drafters of the Manifesto demanded the fleshing-out of “guidelines to elaborate … ethical, sustainable, and climate-friendly” approaches to clothing production. Rolled out at COP26, the updated </span><a href="https://unfccc.int/news/fashion-industry-steps-up-climate-ambition-with…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">UNFCCC Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">, to which 130 companies and 41 supporting organizations are signatories, lays out a plan to source all of the industry’s electricity sustainably by 2030, abandoning coal power for good. It also offers guidelines on the responsible sourcing of raw materials.</span></span></span></p>

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Climate-Conscious Society
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">A vital and overarching goal of the Manifesto was the cultivation of a climate-conscious society worldwide. Recognizing the deepening impacts of the climate crisis, the document called for the proliferation of knowledge of “the interconnected implications for the environment and nature as a whole,” with special emphasis on addressing biodiversity and embracing nature-based solutions. At COP26, 95 leading UK companies, including Burberry and ITV, committed to a </span><a href="https://spnews.com/british-businesses-pledge-naturepositive/&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">“Nature Positive” approach</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> moving forward, pledging to make sustainability an integral part of their brand identity.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">A key component of the push toward broader climate-consciousness outlined in the Manifesto was the empowerment of underrepresented people everywhere to safely share their lived experiences of the climate crisis. To encourage diversity within party delegations, the COP26 Presidency funded the attendance of six female negotiators from underdeveloped countries, and the “Advancing Gender Equality in Climate Action” event on </span><a href="https://unfccc.int/topics/gender/events-meetings/gender-day-other-event…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Gender Day at the COP</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> saw numerous countries come forward with fresh pledges to support women and girls in sharing their climate stories. Bolivia, for instance, issued a commitment focused on getting indigenous and Afro-Bolivian women into climate leadership positions, while Belgium committed $58 million to a 5-year Sahel Climate Program focused on the needs of women and girls. Norway also laid out a new initiative to raise the impact of women and girls at both the national and international levels of climate policymaking.</span></span></span></p>

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Keep Tabs on All Things COY16 and COP26 With This Handy Reference
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Carrying forward all the amazing momentum from the Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition

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COY16 (Oct. 28-31)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The <a href="https://unfccc.int/topics/education-and-youth/youngo/coy">Conference of Youth (COY)</a> is an entirely youth-led conference organised by <a href="https://www.youthpolicy.org/blog/structures/conference-of-youth/&quot; target="_blank">YOUNGO</a>, the official youth constituency of the UNFCCC. For sixteen years, the outcomes of COY have played a vital role in shaping UNFCCC priorities. This year, COY16 will take place from Oct. 28-31 at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and will be attended by nearly 500 young people and high-level representatives.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The four days of activity will consist of three ceremonies (Opening, Closing, and Gala), six plenaries, and countless sessions and talks on disparate avenues for climate action. Guests can also expect a Green Jobs Fair on Thursday and a climate education summit on Saturday. Last but not least, the COY will feature a dedicated space for the creation of climate-conscious art and an art gallery where such works will be exhibited.</span></span></span></p>

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"The Salt in Our Waters" Screening, COY16 (Oct. 29, 15:00, University of Strathclyde Auditorium)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The youth delegates attending the COY will be invited to an exclusive screening of <a href="https://saltwatersfilm.com/&quot; target="_blank">"The Salt in Our Waters,"</a> a film from director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit whose narrative centers&nbsp;on climate impacts on fishing communities along the Bangladeshi coast.</span></span></p>

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Global Youth Statement (Oct. 31)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Global Youth Statement is a policy document compiled entirely by youth. Developed over a series of consultative processes with young climate champions from across the world, this statement represents the collective demands and expectations of the youth attending COP26. The document will be finalized at COY16 and travel from there to COP26. It will be translated into all five other UN languages as well, showcasing the inclusivity of the statement.</span></span></span></p>

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YOUNGO Stall, COP26, Green Zone (Oct. 31-Nov. 12)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">YOUNGO is hosting a small exhibition space in the Green Zone to showcase the work of young climate leaders&nbsp;around the world. </span></span></span></p>

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World Bank Group Events, COP26, Joint MDB Pavilion (Nov. 1-12)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The World Bank Group will take part&nbsp;in key discussions over the course of the COP and will put on focused events on topics such as green finance, climate-smart agriculture, and energy transition. These events will be live-streamed, so even if you're not attending the COP, you can tune in! <a href="https://live.worldbank.org/wbgatcop26&quot; target="_blank">Sign up for email reminders and add these events to your calendar now.</a></span></span></p>

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Climate Crisis Film Festival, Online (Nov. 1-14)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"The Climate Crisis Film Festival showcases stunning, diverse, and eye-opening cinema, providing a systemic perspective behind the raw human stories of climate change." Wherever you are in the world, you can tune in for this amazing two-week event:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.climatecrisisff.co.uk/#register&quot; target="_blank">Sign up for the online experience</a> at no cost today!&nbsp;An awards ceremony on the ground in Glasgow on Nov. 12 will signal the wind-down of the festival.</span></span></p>

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"An Intergenerational Conversation Among Women and Youth in the Climate Change & Agriculture Arena," COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 1, 10:30-12:00 UTC)
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<p><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), this dynamic event will put climate, agriculture, and gender experts in conversation with youth representatives from both policy-level and grassroots backgrounds. From female agriculture experts in training to become UNFCCC negotiators to international youth activists, contributors will share their lived experiences of building resilience towards climate change while working to heal the planet. Interactive elements include a virtual icebreaker using Mentimeter polls and a panelist Q&amp;A.</span></span> </span></p>

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"Climate Change Action: The YOUNGO Approach," COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 1, 12:00-13:30 UTC)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This event will look back on the YOUNGO initiatives that paved the way&nbsp;to COP26, showcasing meaningful youth engagements and illustrating how to avoid tokenism.</span></span></span></p>

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"The Role of Indigenous Peoples and Their Communities in Nature-Based Solutions," COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 3, 12:00-13:30)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(33, 37, 41)">Hosted by the </span>World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)<span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(33, 37, 41)">, the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), and Law, Environment and Natural Resources (DAR),&nbsp;this event will highlight the vital role of indigenous peoples and their territories in the development&nbsp;and implementation of government&nbsp;climate commitments towards a green, fair, and resilient recovery from COVID 19. Speakers from COICA will be joined for this special dialogue by indigenous and institutional representatives.</span></span></span></p>

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"Youth Unstoppable Screening," Extreme Hangout, COP26, Ferry (Nov. 3, 19:00-20:30)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Join Day 3 of the ferry-bound Extreme Hangout program for a special screening of Slater-Jewell Kemker's "Youth Unstoppable," an inspiring documentary on the work young people are doing all over the world to drive climate action and a clarion call to world leaders to heed youth's advice and make decisive policy commitments. <a href="https://www.extremehangoutevents.com/day3&quot; target="_blank">Tickets available here</a>.</span></span></p>

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“Global Youth Energy Outlook Launch: Effectively Partnering With Youth on Climate Action,” COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 4, 12:00-13:30)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41)">Join Student&nbsp;Energy</span><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41)">&nbsp;for the launch of the inaugural Global Youth Energy Outlook report. Youth are calling for leaders in all sectors to move beyond tokenism and engage with youth through equitable and meaningful partnerships. How can decision-makers work with youth to accelerate climate action and the sustainable energy transition? The Global Youth Energy Outlook presents insights from 30,000+ youth from around the world on what young people envision for their energy future and how they want to work with decision-makers to get there. The GYEO Launch will feature an intergenerational and global lineup of speakers who will outline how the GYEO can be effectively mobilized at the grassroots level, within government institutions, and in the energy sector. Learn more about Student Energy and the Global Youth Energy Outlook <a href="https://studentenergy.org/&quot; target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p>

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Youth Day: Headline Event, COP26, Blue Zone (Nov. 5, 10:00-11:15 UTC)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In a special event titled "<span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Unifying for Change: The global youth voice at COP26,"&nbsp;YOUNGO will present the Global Youth Statement, a document reflecting the cumulative output of the Local, Regional, Virtual and Global Conferences of Youth. This Statement will&nbsp;showcase the positions of global youth&nbsp;on climate action and direct key demands at the policy leaders attending COP26. The event will conclude with a handover of the document from young people to decision-makers.</span></span></span></p>

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Youth Day: Intergenerational Inquiry, COP26, Blue Zone (Nov. 5, 12:00-13:30 UTC)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Led by YOUNGO, "Intergenerational Inquiry: Youth Stepping Up Climate Action"&nbsp;will bring together climate leaders from four generations, inviting them to share their experiences with one another and arrive at insights into how climate action has evolved over time. At the core of the event will be a spirit of mutual learning and a shared commitment to upscaling climate action.</span></span></span></p>

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Policymaking for Future Generations: A Blueprint For A Green Future, COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 5, 13:30-14:30)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">One Young World<span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41)">, the global forum for young leaders, in collaboration with the Future Generations Commission for Wales, is hosting an immersive youth-focused panel on the road to net zero. Join in&nbsp;for a dynamic discussion between expert speakers and young leaders on the future of sustainable development and the essential role young people will play in attaining a net-zero future.</span></span></span></p>

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"Together for Tomorrow: Education and Climate Action," COP26, Blue Zone (Nov. 5, 16:00-17:30 UTC)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This joint event will convene education ministers, climate ministers, and young people for a discussion of&nbsp;the importance of education in creating climate-positive futures. Ministers will report out on the state of exisiting commitments to climate education and address the work that&nbsp;remains to be done. The UK Department for Education will host this event&nbsp;in partnership with Italy, UNESCO, Youth4Climate and Mock COP. Catch the livestream <a href="http://ow.ly/6xPk50GGAwH&quot; target="_blank">here</a>!</span></span></p>

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Youth4Climate at COP26, COP26, Blue Zone (Nov. 5, 17:30-18:30)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Italian Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani and COP26 President Designate Alok Sharma will facilitate a discussion on the <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/unpacking-youth4climate-dele…; target="_blank">outcomes</a> of the Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition&nbsp;summit in Milan. Youth representatives and ministers will come together&nbsp;to assess and act on the demands articulated&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mite.gov.it/sites/default/files/archivio_immagini/Y4C_COP-P…; target="_blank">Youth4Climate&nbsp;Manifesto</a>.</span></span></p>

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"Youth Unstoppable" Screening + Discussion, COP26, NYT Climate Hub, The Forum (Nov. 5, 19:30-22:30 GMT)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;</em>Climate Hub will host a screening of Slater Jewell-Kemker's powerful film "Youth Unstoppable," which charts the rise of the youth climate movement, young champions'&nbsp;actions around the world,&nbsp;and their demands of world leaders. Director Slater Jewell-Kemker herself, a longtime friend and partner of C4C, will be Skyping in after the screening for an exclusive Q&amp;A session.</span></span></p>

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"Unlocking Climate Solutions: From the Pacific Islands to the Arctic, Why Indigenous Knowledge Must Take Centre Stage," COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 8, 10:00-11:30, Cinema Auditorium)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">One Young World<span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41)">, the global forum for young leaders, in collaboration with the British Museum and the Republic of Palau, is hosting an immersive panel discussion on the symbiotic relationship between people and nature, highlighting the importance of amplifying and learning from the voices and work of Indigenous communities when it comes to the safeguarding of our natural world. Featuring speakers hailing from both Arctic and Pacific Island communities, this panel will serve to highlight key learnings in adaptation and resilience from these two unique regions.</span></span></span></p>

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"The Great Green Wall" Screening + Q&A, COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 8, 12:30-14:30, Cinema Auditorium)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41)">Join Hogan Lovells &amp; the Great Green Wall Frontline team on a music-driven cinematic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall. The <a href="https://ukcop26.org/the-conference/green-zone-programme-of-events/&quot; target="_blank">screening</a>&nbsp;of Jared P. Scott's powerful climate documentary will be followed by a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCCV_X0ImEM&quot; target="_blank">live-streamed panel discussion</a> on how you can get&nbsp;involved in this ambitious movement of growth and renewal, featuring Malian musician and climate activist&nbsp;Inna Modja.</span></span></span></p>

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Public "The Salt in Our Waters" Screening, COP26, Green Zone (Nov. 8, 18:00, Cinema Auditorium)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Members of the general public are invited to <a href="https://greenzonetickets.ukcop26.org/home&quot; target="_blank">reserve tickets</a>&nbsp;to this COP26 IMAX screening of&nbsp;</span>Rezwan Shahriar Sumit<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">'s "The Salt in Our Waters."</span></span></p>

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Little Amal Arrives at COP26, Blue Zone (Nov. 9, 11:00)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Little Amal, a larger-than-life Syrian refugee girl, will stand at the centre of power at the Blue Zone Gender Day Plenary with delegates from every country represented at COP. She will meet members of the Green New Deal Alliance&nbsp;and tour the Blue Zone to connect with other delegates.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At 13:00, Amal will walk from the Blue Zone across the iconic ‘Squiggly Bridge’ to the banks of the Green Zone with young activists including Luisa Neubauer, KC Shreya, Elizabeth Wathuti and Farzana Faruk as well as actress and activist Katja Reimann.&nbsp;She'll be accompanied by a Soundscape of young leaders'&nbsp;voices collected by Connect4Climate at the Youth4Climate: Drving Ambition summit in Milan.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Then, at&nbsp;14:00, Good Chance, the producers of the Little Amal project, will discuss migrant justice and climate justice in a special session featuring guests from 350.org,&nbsp;Choose Love, Mishcon de Reya LLP, the Democracy and Culture Foundation,&nbsp;and One Young World's Global Climate Inquiry as well as Youth4Climate leader Elizabeth Wathuti and acclaimed author Onjali Rauf.</span></span></p>

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Little Amal's Journey Continues (Nov. 10, 11:30)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In an event put on by Good Chance&nbsp;in partnership&nbsp;with the National Theatre of Scotland, Citizens Theatre, and Perth Theatre, Little Amal&nbsp;will walk the banks of the River Clyde alongside over 160 schoolchildren bearing banners with their demands and dreams for a sustainable future. The children will then combine their work to form a collective banner filling a wall at Anderston Quay and will plant&nbsp;seed pods together in a moment of&nbsp;collective and connected action, with each&nbsp;seed representing a young person affected by the climate crisis.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At 13:30,&nbsp;Little Amal will journey through the historic community of Govan accompanied by a ten-metre-high sea goddess puppet called STORM, created by Vision Mechanics from&nbsp;recycled and natural materials.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Finally,&nbsp;Amal will weave through&nbsp;the centre of Glasgow alongside&nbsp;a diverse group of 150 performers, with sound design by Matthew Herbert, movement direction by Nat McCleary and Robby Graham, and costume design by Sabrina Henry.</span></span></p>

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Little Amal Bids Glasgow Farewell, COP26, NYT Climate Hub (Nov. 11, 18:00)
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">As the finale of the New York Times Climate Hub, Amal will stand&nbsp;in the centre of Es Devlin’s <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2021/09/30/es-devlin-conference-of-trees-install…; target="_blank">"Conference of the Trees" installation</a>&nbsp;holding&nbsp;a burnt&nbsp;tree signifying the burning forests she traversed in Turkey and Greece. Young climate activists from around the world will join her at her side.</span></span></p>

Unpacking the #Youth4Climate Delegates’ Asks for Urgent Climate Action
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UPDATE: The #Youth4Climate Manifesto is now officially complete.

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Youth Driving Ambition
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The first theme the young delegates tackled in their working groups was one very close to home for them: Youth Driving Ambition. Their challenge was to find ways to increase youth participation at the local, national and global scales, and they tackled it with a three-pronged approach.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The delegates’ opening request to world leaders was that they work to ensure Meaningful Participation by youth in future climate negotiations, giving young representatives from around the world the chance to voice their lived experiences and ideas and make a real impact on international climate policy.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[video:</span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-oXvzixTiw<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">]</span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Next was a request for Capacity Building support: the provision of financial, administrative, and logistical resources to empower young people at the local level with the means to effectively express themselves on climate issues.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The crucial third component to the delegates’ Youth Driving Ambition proposal was Funding: they urgently requested the allocation of public and private monies to support youth participation in decision-making on climate.</span></span></span></p>

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Sustainable Recovery
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Theme 2 on the young delegates’ docket was Sustainable Recovery: How can we build back from COVID-19 in a way that is sustainable and respectful of our planet’s needs?</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">At the heart of the team’s proposal here was a bold 2030 target for the global energy transition. Recognizing that the 2050 targets we have seen so far would be inadequate to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees, the delegates made a compelling case for 2030, calling for collaborative research and tech development coupled with a steady rollout of well-paying green jobs to keep economies moving.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Acknowledging that we are already seeing severe climate impacts in vulnerable parts of the world, the young people also called for support in tailoring the implementation of adaptation and resilience measures to marginalized communities in these regions. Equity means working hardest for those most in need.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[video:</span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCS8WrXGgE<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">]</span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The delegates also demanded that world leaders respect the rights of indigenous communities as well as their deep heritage and expertise, and called for ramped-up development of nature-based solutions in consultation with these groups.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The team went on to call for a “transparent and accountable climate finance system with robust regulation of carbon emissions,” noting the need to support renewable energy with substantial investment and drive development in that direction.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Finally, the youth homed in on the recovering global tourism sector, with a special focus on smaller countries whose economies hinge on tourist activity. The delegates called for the inclusion of youth, women, indigenous peoples and other marginalized groups in a concerted multilateral effort to support these nations in their recoveries while ensuring the brand of tourism they rebuild is sustainable and compatible with a green future.</span></span></span></p>

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Non-State Actors’ Engagement
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Pivoting to Non-State Actors’ Engagement, the youth delegation asked world leaders to improve infrastructure and access to financial mechanisms in developing countries to facilitate the engagement of entrepreneurs, artists, farmers and athletes from underrepresented communities in the push toward sustainability.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The delegates also requested that private-sector companies be held accountable for their carbon emissions via the implementation of a robust reporting-and-assessment system rewarding committed strides toward net zero emissions while penalizing those who take little or no action.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[video:</span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHfCJybzw9k<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">]</span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Doubling down on their demand for the eradication of the fossil fuel industry by 2030, the youth made a compelling case for a decentralized global transition respecting the needs of minority communities in every region of the world while steadily advancing every such region along the road to net zero.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">In anticipation of pushback from the fossil fuel industry, the delegates exhorted world leaders, private sector businesspeople and creatives to reject any sponsorships or cash infusions from fossil fuel companies and instead commit themselves fully to going green.</span></span></span></p>

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Climate-Conscious Society
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The final topic up for discussion was Climate-Conscious Society: How can we improve awareness of the climate crisis and give citizens of the world the tools they need to take action?</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">First off, the delegates stressed that world leaders must continue to create spaces for young people at the highest levels of policy-making and “support the creation of multi-stakeholder platforms and mechanisms for sharing climate information and solutions.”</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This segued into a discussion of the vital role of education in driving climate engagement, with the youth delegation urgently requesting targeted financial support for the creation and implementation of climate-conscious curricula around the world. They stressed the need for case-by-case approaches that are respectful and representative of indigenous communities and other marginalized groups and called for the creation of more internships, exchanges and other opportunities in conjunction with empowering lessons in the classroom.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[video:</span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V8cPZyGrFY<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">]</span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">To mobilize members of the general public, the assembled youth leaders suggested the development of a sweeping outreach initiative using “arts, sports, entertainment, community leaders, influencers, and social media” to develop tailored messaging to most effectively ramp up climate engagement in specific regions around the world.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Rounding out the delegates’ presentation was a section on the role of media in shaping the climate narrative. Acknowledging news outlets’ outsized ability to sway public opinion on climate, the youth leaders called for a new international training regimen for journalists focused on harnessing modern platforms to communicate the severity of climate science to a wide audience in a way that’s both accessible and actionable.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Such a program would also serve to prepare journalists for the misinformation around climate they are apt to encounter on the job and equip them to call out greenwashing and inequity where they arise.</span></span></span></p>

Mapping Out #DrivingAmbition in Milan
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Nearly 400 young climate champions from all over the world are about to flock to Milan for the three days of #Youth4Climate: #DrivingAmbition taking place ahead of Pre-COP26.

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September 28
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">#Youth4Climate: #DrivingAmbition kicks off&nbsp;at 10:00 AM Italian time. Youth leaders Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg will be setting the tone with keynote addresses. Look out for coverage on socials!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">After the opening plenary, dedicated working groups will discuss each of the four guiding themes, developing ideas to include in their proposals to world leaders. The youth delegates will spend the rest of the day developing first drafts of their&nbsp;proposals and assessing their progress.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">September 28 is also the <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/film4climate-and-drivingambi…; target="_blank">"day of cinema" within the All4Climate calendar</a>. Connect4Climate will accept the Venice Film Festival's Green Drop Award, and Flore Vasseur's documentary "Bigger Than Us" will be screened for the youth delegates with an introduction from its subject, Melati Wijsen. The general public will be invited&nbsp;to enjoy a Film4Climate event at Milan's IULM University, presided over by leading Italian film critic Gianni Canova.</span></span></li>
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September 29
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Day 2 of #DrivingAmbition will feature a special ministerial event on climate education&nbsp;in which delegates will have the chance to engage with Ministers of Education from around the world to develop novel strategies for bringing climate into classrooms and improving public awareness.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Upon the conclusion of that event at 3:00 PM Italian time, delegates will work together to refine their ideas from Day 1 and commit to final drafts&nbsp;of their theme-specific proposals for world leaders.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The youth delegates' proposals, aggregated into a unified document, will be formally adopted in a closing plenary at 5:00 PM Italian time.</span></span></li>
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September 30
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The morning of Day 3, following remarks from&nbsp;UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as well as&nbsp;prime ministers Mario Draghi (Italy) and Boris Johnson (UK), each youth working group will present key elements of its proposal in turn.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Then, in a concluding plenary moderated by Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, ministers will offer their initial thoughts on the youth delegates' ideas and engage them in a dynamic Q&amp;A session. This marks the end of the #DrivingAmbition event!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At 9:00 PM Italian time, an amazing #Music4Climate concert kicks off. Details below!</span></span></li>
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#Music4Climate Concert
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">An unforgettable #Music4Climate concert featuring Rockin'1000, the world's largest rock band, will begin in Milan at 9:00 PM Italian&nbsp;time on September 30.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The event will be globally live-streamed on A-Live in media partnership with Sky, so wherever you are, you can tune in!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A set of iconic songs in the spirit of climate positivity will be performed&nbsp;by 100 musicians from all over the world rocking out onstage together. Help us transition from #DrivingAmbition to the Pre-COP in style!</span></span></li>
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Set Your #EyesOnCOP26: The Time for Action is Now!

The Youth Who Took Innovate4Climate 2021 By Storm
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When young people have the chance to take over and communicate the urgency of climate change with their own voices, the results are always str

Youth Climate Lab Shares Key Insights from I4C Policy Jam
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In our work at Youth Climate Lab (YCL) over the past year, we've heard a number of discussions take place around COVID-19 recovery and youth.

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Both bottom-up and top-down approaches are needed to take action at the scale and scope that we need.</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">However, individualization limits the community organization and mobilization that is possible. The focus on personal responsibility and profit must shift towards centring wellbeing, designing systemic interventions, and implementing measures of accountability.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Youth must be actively included in decision-making processes to:&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">inform the whole of economy/government/institution strategies;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">prevent the silo-ing of "youth" or "green" policies; and,</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">break down barriers to additional youth involvement.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Comprehensive climate education, including basic knowledge of climate change, awareness of the social and economic benefits of climate solutions, policy literacy, and opportunities to engage with climate work, policies, and investment are critical.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">A shift in how individuals and institutions view and value youth, our lived experiences, and our contributions is foundational to achieving anything. </span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#008000"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Barriers*</strong></span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Lack of lobbying, climate-work, and networking experience limits youth engagement in community organizations and career development opportunities</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Countries in an economic crisis, bureaucratic roadblocks, corruption, resource-dependent economies, and profit-focused governments can slow progress towards transformative change&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Systemic bias within financial sector and a mismatch in the understanding of systems, needs, and how they relate to youth slows financial investments in green industries and limits jobs and skill-development opportunities for youth</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#008000"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Solutions</strong></span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Lead by example for other members in your community</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Provide individual coaching, apprenticeships, and capacity-building projects and workshops for youth, particularly for sector-specific skills&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Re-train of institutional decision-makers to improve understanding of interconnected and systemic issues</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Collaboration between youth networks, institutions, and governments to develop synergies (re: reskilling/upskilling) between climate action and sustainable solutions</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">*Barriers to i</span><span style="color:rgb(60, 64, 67)">nvestment in&nbsp;sustainable &amp; green jobs for young people.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(60, 64, 67)"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/SkillsJamBoard1.PNG" style="height:560px; width:1000px" /></span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#008000"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Barriers*</strong></span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Entry in climate work often requires climate work experience, yet youth lack basic policy literacy</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Lack of transparency and accessibility in policy-making processes makes these spaces difficult to infiltrate and access</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Lack of trust in youth to make decisions, hold knowledge, and understand solutions</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#008000"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Solutions</strong></span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Contextualize and address the individual needs of each community&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Strengthen Indigenous, climate and polluter policies and divest from fossil fuels to increase the demand for and economic incentives towards skill-development, climate jobs, and educational reform</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Increase public-private partnerships to create funding for more opportunities for youth to pitch ideas to the government</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Policy literacy programs (e.g., student government) which give youth practice and confidence in policy-making</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Place more youth in decision-making bodies and surround them with the support, knowledge, skills, and connections they need</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">*Barriers to i</span><span style="color:rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">nvestment in&nbsp;policy innovation &amp; meaningful opportunities for youth to engage in policy.</span></p>

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Takeaways—Finance
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Inaccessibility of financing, networking, and entrepreneurship education</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">High interest rate loans and limited buckets of financing</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Unnecessary and difficult financial application processes</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Perception that climate solutions don’t have quick returns on investment (climate finance requires patient capital)</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Ageism and cultural perceptions about youth impede access to financial education and capital to innovate climate solutions&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#008000"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Solutions</strong></span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">International &amp; multilateral institutions need more innovative and flexible mechanisms to lend money, as well as lowered taxation towards youth</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Foster relationships &amp; partnerships between financial and academic institutions to educate investors and the public on the benefits of green solutions to climate change</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Create training &amp; mentorship programs between politicians and young people to encourage young people to become elected officials&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Increase awareness and education on the power of mobilizing youth in financial investment spaces&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Shift public common sense to value lived experience as well as financial training</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">*Barriers to investment in</span><span style="color:rgb(60, 64, 67); font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:18px">&nbsp;youth-led climate solutions.</span></p>

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Conclusion
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">We wrapped our session by encouraging participants to ground themselves in their own realities. Many of us are feeling overwhelmed, outraged, and optimistic right now, but we are most effective as advocates when we bring our full selves to the table –&nbsp;and use these feelings to guide how we innovate and transform the world.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">We're grateful to all of the Young Climate Innovators participants who attended our session, and to our team of YCL staff and external facilitators who guided us through the discussions outlined here – your enthusiasm and insights have made this whole process exciting! Thanks as well to Connect4Climate for partnering with us, and to the Innovate4Climate team for hosting us.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em>Youth Climate Lab is a youth-for-youth global organization focused on transformative climate action. We design, pilot and scale projects to enable young people to build the just, climate-resilient futures they deserve.</em></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em>Brynna Kagawa-Visentin (YCL Youth Financing Specialist) is an intersectional climate justice educator, facilitator, and thought leader whose work focuses on advocating for healthy ecosystems and communities. Naia Lee (YCL Communications Coordinator) is a facilitator, designer, and organizer who uses her passions for creating empathy, sharing stories, and scaling local action to contextualize the need for climate justice. </em></span></span></p>

#DrivingAmbition: Sustainable Recovery
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As nations begin to emerge from the Covid-19 public health crisis, we have a unique opportunity to build back better with a central emph

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Energy Transition and Green Jobs
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Transitioning to a low-carbon future starts with clean energy. The good news is that the emerging renewable energy sector</span>—wind, solar, hydro—<span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">has the power to drive job creation worldwide.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#008000">Goal:</span> </strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This working group will generate proposals to drive the energy transition and foster green jobs in the wake of the pandemic.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read our article on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/sustainable-recovery-building-b…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Sustainable Recovery</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Watch #Youth4ClimateLive&nbsp;</span><a href="https://youtu.be/EG20_RyOqVU&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Episode 2: Driving Sustainable Recovery</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px">Read <a href="http://India’s Solar Learning Curve Inspires Action Across the World" target="_blank">"India’s Solar Learning Curve Inspires Action Across the World,"</a>&nbsp;a World Bank Feature Story on the hard&nbsp;but vital work of expanding solar energy infrastructure in India and beyond</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Check out what transpired at <a href="§%09https:/www.seforall.org/events/seforall-youth-summit-2021">SE4All’s 2021 Youth Summit</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Climate change is already here, and whatever changes we implement&nbsp;now will take decades to start undoing the damage. So even as we work to reimagine our economies and enshrine sustainability in policy, we must also address the realities of global warming that are facing us today.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong><span style="color:#008000">Goal:</span> </strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This working group&nbsp;will focus on enhancing the role of youth in driving adaptation and resilience, in part by eliminating barriers to entry.</span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial">Read Connect4Climate’s article on </span><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/adaptation-resilience-collectiv…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family:arial">Adaptation and Resilience</span></a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial">Watch #Youth4ClimateLive </span><a href="https://youtu.be/hPXbGd7iOXk&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family:arial">Episode 8: Driving Adaptation and Resilience</span></a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Read the <a href="https://gca.org/reports/global-youth-call-to-action-adapt-for-our-futur… Youth Call to Action: Adapt for our Future</a> report</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Read about the <a href="https://gca.org/youth-in-climate-adaptation-moving-towards-the-digitali…; target="_blank">digitalization of agriculture</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;this post from the Global Center on&nbsp;Adaptation</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">And check out&nbsp;these&nbsp;helpful resources on&nbsp;<a href="https://gca.org/programs/youth-leadership/">youth leadership in adaptation</a>, also courtesy of the GCA</span></p>
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Nature-Based Solutions
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Technology can help us build a sustainable economy, but we can't forget that the ulimate key to life on Earth is nature itself. Nature-based solutions</span>—approaches to sustainable development&nbsp;respecting and drawing inspiration from the wonders of the world around us—<span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">will allow us to restore the vibrancy of life on earth, saving endangered species, protecting ecosystems, and revitalizing areas damaged by&nbsp;sea rise, drought, and desertification. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0)">Goal:</span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This working group will explore the interrelations between climate change, nature and health, generating strategies&nbsp;to build back better via&nbsp;natural solutions.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read Connect4Climate’s article on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/?q=article/nature-based-solutions-harmo…; target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">N</span>ature-Based Solutions</a></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Watch #Youth4ClimateLive&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:transparent">Episode 4: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb8gStJ68eM&quot; target="_blank">"Driving N</a></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb8gStJ68eM&quot; target="_blank">ature-Based Solutions"</a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Participate in the <a href="https://www.youth4nature.org/storytelling">Youth4Nature Storytelling Campaign</a></span></p>
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Financial Flows
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">We can’t achieve a low-carbon future if finance and financial flows do not support it.&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:transparent">Subsidies to coal and gas have long hindered the affordability of green energy technologies</span>—it's time to bring an end to these perverse incentives<span style="background-color:transparent">. Innovative market-based solutions exist for creating low-carbon economies, and we need to harness them to drive the global economy toward a sustainable model. When&nbsp;climate-positivity is linked with profit, the goals of the climate movement will be much easier to reach at the required scale.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#008000">Goal:</span> </strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This working group will produce&nbsp;proposals on how countries can realign their financial flows to facilitate&nbsp;a low-carbon future.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read&nbsp;<a href="http://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/100_billion_climate_finance_re…; target="_blank">"Delivering on the </a></span><a href="http://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/100_billion_climate_finance_re…; target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">$100 Billion Climate Finance Commitment and Transforming Climate Finance</span></a>,&nbsp;a<span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;report from the UN</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Get a quick primer on climate finance&nbsp;from </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/carbo…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Science Direct</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Bone up on the World Bank Group's efforts in&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatechange/brief/world-bank-carbo…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Climate Finance</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Study the World Bank Group's materials on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/evaluations/carbon-finance&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Carbon Markets</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;and how they can help cut back on greenhouse gas emissions</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Study&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/evaluations/carbon-finance&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Carbon Markets</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> and how they can help cut back on greenhouse gas emissions</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Learn from UNCHR how <a href="https://www.unhcr.org/55005b069.pdf&quot; target="_blank">Carbon Financing</a> can support the world's most vulnerable populations</span></span></p>
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Tourism
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Plane flights, boat rides, lodging, souvenirs and other elements of tourism&nbsp;contribute heavily to carbon emissions. For some countries, tourism represents a significant percentage of&nbsp;GDP, but that doesn't mean climate consciousness isn't an option: it just means more work needs to be put in to green the tourism economy as we build back from Covid-19. "Ecotourism" has become a popular niche in the last ten years, but we have to reimagine tourism from top to bottom to properly address its impacts on our atmosphere.</span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#008000">Goal:</span> </strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This working group will generate proposals to guide the smart, sustainable recovery of the tourism industry worldwide.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read the UN News article&nbsp;<a href="http://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1052791&quot; target="_blank">"</a></span><a href="http://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1052791&quot; target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Greener tourism: Greater collaboration needed to tackle rising emissions</span></a><a href="http://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1052791&quot; target="_blank">"</a></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Size up the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://sustainabletravel.org/issues/carbon-footprint-tourism/&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Carbon Footprint of Tourism</span></a>&nbsp;with this resource from Sustainable Travel International</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read <a href="http://www.e-unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284416660&quot; target="_blank">"</a></span><a href="http://www.e-unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284416660&quot; target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Transport-related CO2 Emissions of the Tourism Sector - Modelling Results</span></a><a href="http://www.e-unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284416660&quot; target="_blank">,"</a> a report from the UNWTO</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Learn from Climate Brief&nbsp;where in the world tourism has <a href="http://www.carbonbrief.org/tourism-responsible-for-8-of-global-greenhou…; target="_blank">disproportionate impacts on climate</a></span></span></p>
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#DrivingAmbition: Youth Driving Ambition
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Young people like you are, quite literally, the future of our planet.

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Local
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Driving action at the local level can take many different forms: climate clubs at school, community demonstrations, knowledge-sharing in social media groups. We're all authorities on our own hometowns—and when we stand up for climate at home, we all contribute to a global push toward a green future! Respecting local expertise while developing a global movement is the challenge of the&nbsp;international climate community, and this working group offers a unique chance to reckon with that challenge.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#008000"><strong>Goal:</strong>&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This working group will generate&nbsp;proposals to foster youth engagement with climate issues at the local level&nbsp;in regions all over the world.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Read&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wri.org/insights/theres-easy-way-national-governments-help-…; target="_blank">"</a><a href="https://www.wri.org/insights/theres-easy-way-national-governments-help-…; target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">There’s an Easy Way for National Governments to Help Cities Act on Climate Change - Give Them Data</span></a><a href="https://www.wri.org/insights/theres-easy-way-national-governments-help-…; target="_blank">,"</a>&nbsp;an article from the World Resources Institute</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px">Read<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp;<a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/08/19/why-kinshasa-could…; target="_blank">"</a></span></span></font><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/08/19/why-kinshasa-could…; target="_blank">Why Kinshasa Could Be in the Vanguard of Megacities’ Climate Resilience,"</a> a World Bank Feature Story on a $500 million climate project driving&nbsp;sustainability and climate resiliency&nbsp;in&nbsp;one of the world's largest metropolises</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Use the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reachnotpreach.com/&quot; target="_blank">Reach Not Preach</a><a href="https://www.reachnotpreach.com/forum&quot; target="_blank">&nbsp;Forum</a> to connect with other young people and put your heads together on driving climate action</span></p>
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National
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<p><span style="font-size:18px">Often, contributing to climate action at the national level means linking up with many local groups online and planning larger-scale climate demonstrations, letter-writing campaigns, etc. Taking&nbsp;every chance you get to learn more about the political processes in your country and form strategies to convey your concern on climate to policymakers is key—productive pressure on legislators is what leads to the kind of action we need to turn back the climate crisis. And when given the opportunity, youth should be unafraid to engage with policymakers directly on their Nationally Determined Contributions and other climate policies. But governments need to meaningfully include youth in their decision-making processes as a first step in order for these approaches to be viable: that's what this working group's all about!</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0)"><strong>Goal:</strong>&nbsp;</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial">This working group will produce guidelines and recommendations on how countries can enable youth to make their voices heard and shape climate policy at the national level.</span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Watch&nbsp;<a href="http://Watch Episode 3: Driving Youth Action" target="_blank">Episode 3</a>&nbsp;of #Youth4ClimateLive, "Driving Youth Action"</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Read <a href="http://environment.yale.edu/news/article/building-public-and-political-…; target="_blank">"</a><a href="http://environment.yale.edu/news/article/building-public-and-political-…; target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Building Public and Political Will for Climate Change Action</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><a href="http://environment.yale.edu/news/article/building-public-and-political-…; target="_blank">,"</a> a helpful reference from Yale's School of the Environment</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Peruse the UNFCCC&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/engaging-private-sector…; style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family:arial">Toolkit for Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read <a href="https://ndcpartnership.org/news/roadmap-meaningful-youth-engagement-ndc…; target="_blank">"A Roadmap to Meaningful Youth Engagement in NDCs,"</a> a helpful roadmap from the NDC Partnership on how young people can influence their countries'&nbsp;Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the global fight against climate change</span></span></span></p>
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Multilateral
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Just as local organizations can come together to effect national change, national youth delegations can come together to effect global change! Your interest in multilateral collaboration is clear, and this working group offers a unique opportunity to brainstorm ways of expanding youth representation at the highest-level climate events.</span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#008000">Goal:</span> </strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This working group will generate&nbsp;proposals to better include youth in international fora and harness their unique knowledge to&nbsp;shape international climate policy.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://youth4climate.live/&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Watch our #Youth4ClimateLive series</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> to see youth leaders in intergenerational conversations with decision makers</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Read up on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youngo.uno/&quot; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">YOUNGO</span></a>&nbsp;and the work it's doing to bring young perspectives to the highest levels of international policymaking</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">See what the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/youth-in-action/youth-advisory-grou…; style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change</span></a>&nbsp;is doing to shape the global discourse around climate action</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Discover the work of <a href="https://sdsnyouth.org/&quot; target="_blank">SDSN Youth</a> to empower young people to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals at the highest levels</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Browse this UN reference on its work with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/youth-in-action&quot; target="_blank">Youth in Action</a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Connect with other young people using&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sparkblue.org/youth&quot; target="_blank">SparkBlue</a>, a UN Development Programme online platform for coordinating global action</span></p>
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#DrivingAmbition: A Climate-Conscious Society
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This article is part of a series on topics to be explored at this year's #Youth4Climate: #DrivingAmbition event. Check back regularly for updated content!

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Showcasing Impacts and Solutions
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Sharing the human stories of those most deeply affected by an issue is one of the most powerful ways to galvanize a reponse to that issue. When showcasing impacts, it’s important to give voice to people of disparate identities and lived experiences and to call special attention to those disproportionately affected</span>—<span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">often those from groups that&nbsp;have been historically disenfranchised and denied the means to bring about&nbsp;policy change.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#006400"><span style="background-color:transparent">Goal:</span></span></strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;This breakout group will brainstorm how best to achieve equity in climate action, drawing in particular on the invaluable perspectives of local communities, indigenous people, and women.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read up on&nbsp;strategies for <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/inclusive-engagement-amplifying…; target="_blank">amplifying marginalized voices</a>&nbsp;in this article from our Educational Toolkit.</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Watch Youth4ClimateLive Episode 5, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjrdxpyvBqE&quot; target="_blank">"Driving Empowerment: Protecting the Most Vulnerable"</a></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/meet-human-faces-climate-migrat…; target="_blank">"Meet the Human Faces of Climate Migration"</a> in this World Bank Group Groundswell Report</span></span></p>
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Education
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Education is the mainstay of democratic societies and an excellent way to give&nbsp;young people the courage and knowledge they need to make a tremendous impact on climate and other global issues. What this working group will ask is: How is the climate crisis currently being taught in schools around the world? Where are we lacking? And what are creative avenues for improvement?</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 100, 0)">Goal:</span></strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;This breakout group will brainstorm the most essential topics and standards that need to come across in climate education and help think up innovative strategies for bringing this content to students around the world.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Get the scoop on <a href="https://unfccc.int/topics/education-youth/the-big-picture/what-is-actio…; target="_blank">Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE)</a> from UN Climate Change</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Explore UNESCO's <a href="https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-sustainable-development/cce&quot; target="_blank">"Education for climate action"</a> hub</span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Engage with&nbsp;Earth Day’s <a href="http://www.earthday.org/campaign/climate-environmental-literacy/&quot; target="_blank">Climate &amp;&nbsp;Environmental Literacy Campaign</a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Peruse the UN's many <a href="https://unfccc.int/topics/education-and-outreach/resources/materials-on…; target="_blank">Education and Training Resources</a></span></span></p>
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Public Mobilization
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Driving climate literacy in communities and empowering the public to mobilize for climate action means communicating the latest climate research effectively and making climate policy more transparent. Sustained mutual engagement between individuals and governments is&nbsp;essential.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 100, 0)">Goal:</span></strong><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;This breakout group</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial">&nbsp;will help develop innovative public and private outreach efforts&nbsp;to make the science of climate change accessible&nbsp;to all and promote climate advocacy and action at the community and individual levels.</span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Play the UN's interactive&nbsp;<a href="https://mission1point5.org/us&quot; target="_blank">Mission 1.5</a>&nbsp;game</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Read up on the creative climate outreach fostered&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/congrats-our-youth4climate-new-…; target="_blank">Connect4Climate's partnership with the D&amp;AD New Blood Awards</a></span></p>
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Media
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<p><span style="font-size:18px">On TV and in newspapers, climate change is almost always framed as a clinical, environmental phenomenon. Yet the human impacts of climate change—and the larger climate crisis radiating out from it—are very real. In order to get more people invested in climate action, we have to think about evocative ways in which to reframe the issues in media.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#006400"><strong><span style="background-color:transparent">Goal:</span></strong></span><span style="background-color:transparent; color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;This breakout group will generate proposals to improve climate narratives in media by recontextualizing them in terms of concrete human impact.</span></span></span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Browse <a href="https://www.sayitwithscience.org/&quot; target="_blank">Say It With Science</a> for ideas on smart science communication</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Review publications from the <a href="https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/&quot; target="_blank">Yale Program on Climate Change Communication</a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Look through the <a href="https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/research/media_coverage/summ…; target="_blank">Media and Climate Change Observatory</a>'s monthly summaries of international climate coverage</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Explore the resources available at <a href="https://coveringclimatenow.org/&quot; target="_blank">Covering Climate Now</a></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18px">Read UNESCO's article <a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/media-and-information-literacy-prerequisite-…; target="_blank">"Media and information literacy: A prerequisite for stimulating climate change engagement"</a></span></p>
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