Youth Voices in the Green Transition
Since the UN climate conference Stockholm +50, the cooperation between Baltic and Nordic youth organisations on climate, gender equality and rights issues has grown progressively stronger.
The cooperation is the way of becoming a powerful voice to put pressure on governments' climate policies and ensure that international climate negotiations benefit also gender equality and justice.
At a youth conference on 27 October 2023 at UN City in Copenhagen, organised in partnership with UN Women and The National Council of Swedish Children and Youth Organisations (LSU), over 100 youth representatives from 59 youth organisations gathered to discuss how to ensure a gender-equal and just green transition.
Vid konferensens slut hade 10 krav för en jämställd och rättvis klimatomställning till beslutsfattare i Norden och förhandlare vid klimatkonferensen COP28 tagits fram.
By the end of the conference, 10 demands for a gender-equal and just green transition to Nordic decision-makers and negotiators at COP28 had been formulated.
These are demands for carbon-free societies that make greater use of indigenous knowledge, are gender-equal and include young people in decision-making.
"The first thing is to recognize that there is a gender equality problem that needs to be addressed in everything we do"
Disclaimer
This publication was funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. However, the content reflects the views, opinions, attitudes and recommendations of Nordic, Baltic and international youth and does not necessarily reflect that of the Nordic Council of Ministers.