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Publication Launch
Youth Power to Save the Planet: Launch of the GEO-6 for Youth Report
19 February 2021
- Overview
When: 19 February 2021; 08.30 am EST / 01.30 pm UTC.
Where: Zoom (Meeting ID: 830 1214 4682, Passcode: YEAFEB2021) and Facebook ; Register here!
What: The Global Environmental Outlook 6 for Youth (GEO 6 for Youth) is UNEP’s first full e-publication that provides engaging multimedia content and interactive features to inform, engage and lead to youth action. This landmark report represents an opportunity for UNEP to link the scientific efforts of the organization to youth, who have a crucial role in decision-making, entrepreneurship, and bringing about transformative change. The report launch will take place during the Global Youth Environment Assembly, the official youth forum of UNEA-5, which runs from February 12-13 and February 18-20.
The event, through selected panelists and interactive discussion, will cover the three main areas of (1) Communicating science to the Youth, (2) Sustainable actions/activism, and (3) Green jobs of the future and the skills to access these opportunities, while taking in consideration the challenges young people are facing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moderator:
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Dr. Mohsen Gul, GEO-6 for Youth Author and Co-founder of Green Box Pakistan
GEO-6 for Youth Co-chairs:
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Dr. Nibedita Mukherjee, lecturer in the Global Challenges Programme lecturer at Brunel University London
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Charles Mwangi, Research, Education and Outreach Lead at the Kenya Space Agency (KSA)
Panelists:
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Inger Andersen, UN Environment Programme Executive Director
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Maria Jesus Iraola, Coordinating Lead Author for the GEO-6 for Youth
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Rohan Bhargava, Coordinating Lead Author for the GEO-6 for Youth
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Nathan Méténier, Member of the UNSG Youth Advisory Council on Climate and co-founder of the Generation Climate Europe
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Nzambi Matee, Winner of Young Champions of the Earth 2020 and head of Gjenge Makers
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Mai Thin Yu Mon, member of Indigenous Youth Caucus and Program Director for the Indigenous Peoples Development Program of Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)
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Alex Rendell, UN Environment Program National Goodwill Ambassador for Thailand, environmentalist and actor
We invite everyone to register for the event here.
For more information, please follow the Youth Environment Assembly here.
This event would have not been possible without the close collaboration with the UN Major Group for Children and Youth.
Contact us: Adele Roccato, adele.roccato@un.org
