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PreCOP26: the youth observers’ perspective

04 Oct 2021

by Giulia Persico, Coordinator of ICN’s School Project and YOUNGO spokesperson at preCOP26 PreCOP26 offered 50 countries the opportunity to meet and discuss ahead of COP26. Some civil society organizations also participated in the preCOP as observers, through the nine official UNFCCC constituencies. Among these, YOUNGO (Youth NGOs) represents the...

PreCOP26: a constructive meeting, still too much coal in the room

04 Oct 2021

by Jacopo Bencini, Policy Advisor and UNFCCC Contact Point With the final press conference on Saturday 2 October, the preCOP in Milan – a ministerial-level preparation meeting ahead of COP26 in Glasgow – came to an end. For the attending Ministers and envoys this was the first in-person negotiation moment...

Youth4climate: a wake-up call for politicians one month ahead of COP26

30 Sep 2021

by Jacopo Bencini, Policy Advisor and UNFCCC contact point Those who have had the opportunity, in the last five or ten years, to participate in youth participatory processes at an international level have become accustomed to a perhaps classic, repetitive format: many young people from different nationalities, together in the...

Is containing global warming under 1.5°C still possible?

30 Sep 2021

The #Youth4climate event has raised the level of international climate ambition, through serious and precise commitments. The effect of the voices of Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate at the opening of Youth4Climate was felt. After two days of work, today four representatives of young people, one for each working group,...

Youth4climate: what is happening in the room

29 Sep 2021

By Jacopo Bencini, Policy Advisor and UNFCCC contact point Please avoid empty statements. Immediately raise the level of international climate ambition, through serious and precise commitments and not just generic sentences on the common good. The effect of the two speeches of Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate at the opening...

Young people and the climate crisis: partecipation opportunities in the crucial year for climate action

27 Sep 2021

By Giulia Persico, School Project Coordinator The generation that will suffer the greatest consequences of the climate crisis, the last able to win it. Young people are in a critical position with respect to climate change: they are the ones who will have to live more with its effects, but...

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