Set Your #EyesOnCOP26: The Time for Action is Now!
05 November 2021As we approach COP26 in Glasgow, the need for a robust, comprehensive climate action plan has never been more palpable. Following on from the first-of-its-kind Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition event that took place in Milan from Sep. 28-30, will world...
FAO is recruiting 25 Young Professional Officers (P1) in its Headquarters and Decentralized Offices
02 November 2021The FAO Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is designed to recruit entry-level Professionals and specifically targets qualified, young professionals from non- and under-represented Members that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (OECD...
Call for submissions: Youth forest change-maker competition
29 October 2021The World Forestry Congress is pleased to announce the launch of the youth forest change-maker video competition.
The competition invites youth (18–35 years) to showcase the activities they’re involved in that have a positive impact on both forest ecosystems and their...
Children and Youth - Drivers of sustainable behaviour
22 October 2021The pre-COP side event ‘Behavioural Science shark tank: Can children and youth really create impact in addressing the climate crisis?’ organized by FAO in partnership with the Youth and the United Nations Global Alliance (YUNGA), the World Association of the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS),...
Young people will be key to climate justice at COP26
20 October 2021The teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg spoke for many Nature readers in August when she summed up the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a “solid (but cautious) summary” of the best available science. “It confirms what...