Youth at U.N. demand bold climate action

Students and young leaders met for the first U.N. Youth Climate Summit to demand world leaders “walk the talk” and “stop wasting time” to save the planet.

By Arete News - September 21, 2019

U.N. Secretary-General’s Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake at a 2018 climate summit (AN/Nikki Ritcher)

You need to login to view this content. Please . Not a Member? Join Us

Global energy demand and CO2 plummet Global CO2 emissions are on track to decline by almost 8% this year from the…
ILO warns of high job losses among youth At least one of every six young workers has been idled during the pandemic and…
Swiss clamor for U.N.-led climate action Up to 100,000 people turned out for Switzerland's largest-ever climate demonstration to insist on fulfilling…
U.N. issues 'call to action' on human rights U.N. leaders challenged nations, businesses and citizens to respond to a "call to action" for…
U.S. reversals on global health and climate policy Moves to rejoin WHO and the Paris climate treaty were among a burst of immediate…
U.N. panel bolsters climate asylum seekers Ioane Teitiota lost his case against deportation, but in its ruling the U.N. Human Rights…

Related Articles