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)

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