Season 3, Episode 18: Paul

About this episode

John Whidden interviews Paul Jenkinson about youth involvement in the climate movement through YOUNGO and the Global Youth Statement.

On Climate Action Figures, host John Whidden interviews Paul Jenkinson. Paul explains how young people can connect with the climate movement through YOUNGO, the UN’s children and youth constituency, and describes co-facilitating YOUNGO’s Global Youth Statement—a major youth declaration with multiple versions (including five key demands) built from individual, organizational, and over 100 national youth conference inputs. He recounts presenting key demands to UN Secretary-General António Guter...

People in this episode

Host: John Whidden

Guest: Paul Jenkinson

Topics covered

• climate movement
• youth engagement
• UN initiatives
• global youth statement
• environmental advocacy

Keywords

• climate action
• youth
• YOUNGO
• UN
• global youth statement
• environment
• advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YOUNGO, UN

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