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Global Youth Statement on NbS: Youth involvement on Nature narratives and Nature-based solutions in the international decision making processes context

Why attend
YOUNGO, Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) and Youth4Nature (Y4N) will share more about the Global Youth Statement Project on Nature-based solutions, the steps that led to this worldwide project and why youth representation is key when it comes to decision-making regarding actions such as nature-based solutions.
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NbS are being pushed forward as an exciting and necessary approach towards addressing our twin climate and biodiversity crises. Many are also pushing against the concept, citing serious and important concerns with how and where the term is being used and by who. Missing in all of this is a united and inclusive youth voice, across both climate and biodiversity communities, that clearly outlines how the global youth community understands NbS, and what is acceptable, and not acceptable within NbS narrative and approaches, both in policy and on-the-ground. YOUNGO, GYBN and Youth4Nature have partnered to co-develop a nuanced, critical, and inclusive Global Youth Position Statement on Nature-based Solutions. We are currently in the survey stage, where global youth are in the process of sharing their views and opinions. This will then form the Global Youth Position Statement that will be launched at UNFCCC COP26 on Nature Day and will also be presented at CBD COP15.

Session agenda

Moderator

Ms Cathy Yitong LI

Member,
YOUNGO
United Kingdom

MC
18:30 - 19:30

Ms Julia BETHE

Nature-based Solutions Global Youth Position Statement project Coordinator and Policy Taskforce co-lead,
Youth4Nature
France

Panel Moderator
18:30 - 19:30

Panelist

Melvin FLORES

Global Youth Action Team on Plastics,
Global Youth Action Team on Biodiversity Protection
Guatemala

Panellist
18:30 - 19:30

Ms Mirna Inés FERNANDEZ

Policy Co-coordinator,
Global Youth Biodiversity Network
Bolivia

Panel
18:30 - 19:30

Ms Patricia SANTILLAN CARVANTES

PhD candidat,
Leuphana University
Germany

Panellist
18:30 - 19:30

Susanna GIONFRA

European Programme Officer Nature-based Solutions,
IUCN
Belgium

Panellist
18:30 - 19:30

  • Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)
  • Children and Youth constituency to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (YOUNGO)
  • Youth4Nature (Y4N)

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