Youth Take Charge of Climate Activism, but to What Avail?
When a case in 2018 led by six Portuguese youth became the first climate-related lawsuit filed by the European court of human rights in Strasbourg, France, a somewhat ground-breaking precedent was set. Although this was one of the biggest climate cases
Empowering Young Minds To Realise Their Potential
Empowerment, a word that is both full of promises and threatening. Yet empowering young minds to realize their potential is an essential component of individual wellbeing. It is also essential for the wellbeing of societies, according to the Global Solutions Recoupling
Creating a New Social Contract for a Healthy, Just and Sustainable World
2019 was a “tipping point” for child and youth activism within the United Nations and beyond…in 2020 it’s our turn to act for and with them, and in solidarity across generations, especially in the face of global crises like the
The secret recipe for scaling climate-smart agriculture: Youth
Research trends reveal massive gaps in students primed to become Kenya’s next generation of agricultural professionals and agripreneurs. Degree enrolment in agriculture courses decreased from 24,221 students in 2017 to 18,165 in 2018, a 25% drop, as students reported a lack
Ageism Is Real, and it Goes Both Ways
“You’re 33? I could have sworn you were 18! Well, at least you’ll look good when you’re 40!” I bet you’ve either heard that before, or maybe you’ve said it to another fellow baby-faced individual like me either at a
Finding Our Future Leaders: An Interview with Maria Auma
Maria Auma is a successful and socially-conscious female entrepreneur. She is the founder of Blue Luxury Investments (BLI), an organization providing education and financial support to young people and budding businesses in their local communities. While the business initially started
On Taking Children Seriously: Climate Strikes
If you ask the average student, “What is the biggest problem that the world faces today?” more often than not they will answer with the following two issues: (1) the detrimental effect of social media on society as a whole
Africa Unseen: What the West Chooses Not to Tell
The way most Westerns perceive Africa is not so new. Africa has been seen by most inhabitants of the "developed world" as a massive piece of arid land with many “states”, where nothing grows, where everyone's poor and dying, where
Science needs young people to save the oceans
We know about the moon and space more than we know about the value of services and support the ocean provides to humankind. To help drive a new collective consciousness on interdependencies between the life on land and the
The Young for the Future: Empowering Youth in Implementing the SDGs
My first encounter with future came some thirteen years ago, when my mother and I packed our bags and left India to join my father in Oman, where he had been working for some months as a doctor. Recently recovered
Engaging Youth by Youth for the Global Goals
Editor's Note: It is authored by AIESEC, the world’s largest youth-led organization which is dedicated to developing the next generation of young leaders through professional and volunteering experiences. THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE
Stimulating Innovation and Partnerships With Africa’s Trust Fund
The Strategic Value of Unearmarked Funds In 2013, FAO launched the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, a unique Africa-led initiative to improve agriculture and food security across the continent. The fund aims to pool resources from Africa’s strongest economies and use them across