SDG Youth Climate Roundtable: 2022 World Environment
Categories
Meetings & Events / Side Events
Production Date
Video Length
00:46:52
Asset Language
English
Subject Topical
CLIMATE CHANGE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
ENVIRONMENT
INTERNATIONAL DAYS
YOUTH
GREEN ECONOMY
Speaker Name
MOHAMMED, AMINA J.
Speaker Role
Deputy Secretary-General
Speaker Affiliation
SECRETARIAT
Summary
Hosted by the Deputy-Secretary-General and co-designed by global youth leaders, SDG Youth Climate Roundtable was convened to celebrate the 2022 World Environment Day with the theme - Only One Earth.
Description

With less than 10 years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and a 45% reduction of global emissions the race is on for mobilizing action. Young people are advancing solutions and demanding accountability from world leaders and non-State actors and their active involvement in building a low emission, high resilience world is now more important than ever. Hosted by the Deputy-Secretary-General and co-designed by global youth leaders, SDG Youth Climate Roundtable was convened to celebrate the 2022 World Environment Day with the theme - Only One Earth. The discussion also focused on

  • The need for intergenerational and intersectional collaboration to accelerate climate ambition
  • Mobilizing youth movement to advance call for just and green transition
  • Highlighting the need to invest in and promote green jobs as solutions towards multidimensional crises (economic crisis & climate crisis)

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