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Youth

How is eco-anxiety jeopardizing the health of young people?

Youth activist Ridhima Pandey speaks with psychologist Susan Clayton to discuss the perils of living in an age of eco anxiety.

 
Photo by Kai Lintunen, Finnish Forest Association

Why communication is a crucial tool in tackling planetary crises

Communication skills must be harnessed to effectively protect forests and the planet

 
A woman farmer in Ghana. Adam Öjdahl, IWM

In Ghana, two young men are changing what climate justice looks like in the Global South

Youth-led African climate advocacy group GAYO makes a case for climate justice, reparations and recognition.

 
Young girls running in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Icaro Cooke Vieira, CIFOR

A young eco-feminist is using storytelling to change climate policy

Renata Koch Alvarenga is leveraging her family traditions to affect decision-makers with messages on gender and climate change

 

What are youth climate activists’ hopes for the Decade and beyond?

GLF Live with Fatou Jeng, Paloma Costa and Ridhima Pandey

 

Environmental justice and the importance of YOUth

GLF Live with Elizabeth Gulugulu and Hilda Nakabuye

 
A report on recommendations for improved biodiversity policy was released on 12 Jan 2021.

Environmental organizations issue 7 policy recommendations on biodiversity and One Health

Health professions, finance and landscape custodians are called to the forefront in biodiversity policy recommendations issued by the GLF.

 

Youth activists’ 4 demands of global governments

GLF Live with Betty Osei Bonsu and Ruth Hollands

 
A youth climate activist protests in Edinburgh, Scotland, for a "just and green recovery" from COVID-19. Friends of the Earth Scotland

3 youth climate activists on how COVID-19 has shaped their work

Perspectives from a young journalist, organizational head and NGO worker on their role as youth climate activists amidst a pandemic.

 

How can we make environmental education accessible?

GLF Live with Camille Sylvester of Roots & Shoots, on environmental education as a tool of empowerment for global youth.

 
Planting on a farm in São Paolo, Brazil, where Sakiyama spent her youth. Adriano Gambarini, WWF-US

4 questions with Melina Sakiyama – and 3 pieces of advice for all young conservationists

The Midori Prize winner and Global Youth Biodiversity Network co-founder answers four questions – and gives three essential pieces of advice.

 

How are young people changing biodiversity and climate politics?

GLF Live with youth leaders Amelia Arreguín and Prado Chiagozie Udeh

 
Lavender fields in France, one of the members states of the E.U., which collectively pledged to spend EUR 20 billion annually on biodiversity conservation. stezz, Flickr

Plant-based beer bottles, lifesaving llamas and billion$ for biodiversity

In this news roundup: global carbon emissions down 17%, virtual conferences go mainstream, and locusts wreak havoc in India

 
Farmer in Fiji

How innovative finance mechanisms can provide a nourishing ecosystem for agribusiness development in the Pacific Islands

For more on this topic, join the session Going to Scale with Smart Investments in Community Food Production and Health Initiatives: A Response to Fiji’s Health Crisis at the GLF Bonn 2020 digital conference on 4 June. By Jana Dietershagen and Judith Ann Francis, Innov4AgPacific Team, CTA, The Netherlands The current climate and COVID-19 crises […]

 
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