1. World Youth Report 2010 : Youth and Climate Change
- Author
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Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Subjects
- Climatic changes, Teenagers and the environment
- Abstract
This report is intended to highlight the important role young people play in addressing climate change, and to offer suggestions on how young people might be more effectively integrated as individuals and collective agents of change within the realm of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report is designed to assist youth and youth organizations in educating themselves and to become more actively involved in combating the threat of climate change. It is also meant to affirm the status of young people as key stakeholders in the fight against climate change. The publication comes at a time when efforts to address climate change are receiving unparalleled attention within the international arena, offering young people a unique opportunity for their voice to be heard in the debate.
- Published
- 2010