Youth as powerful partners in the search for climate solutions / La juventud como aliada estratégica en la búsqueda de soluciones climáticas

This episode focuses on the importance of parliaments creating partnerships with youth in the process of taking bold political decisions that respond to the ‘climate crisis’ our world is facing.

Ana González Guerrero, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Youth Climate Lab, presents the catastrophic climate reality the world is facing and how currently the actions laid out in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are not sufficient to meet the Paris Agreement and ambition must be raised. She highlights how young people, in particular young women leaders, are collaborating and doing their part to create climate solutions and to improve youth engagement and build partnerships with other stakeholders, such as parliaments.

This address was recorded at the 4th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change: Advancing Climate Action through Legislation and Parliamentary Oversight, taking place in Paramaribo, Suriname from August 8th to 9th, 2019.