United Nations News, New York (USA) - (EN) UN Secretary-General António Guterres this week announced the names of seven young climate leaders selected to serve on his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change. The announcement was made as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gathers in Switzerland to wrap up its crucial Synthesis Report, the first since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 by 193 countries. (IT) Il segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite António Guterres ha annunciato questa settimana i nomi di sette giovani leader climatici selezionati per far parte del suo gruppo consultivo per i giovani sui cambiamenti climatici. L'annuncio è stato dato mentre il Gruppo intergovernativo di esperti sui cambiamenti climatici ( IPCC ) si riunisce in Svizzera per concludere il suo cruciale rapporto di sintesi, il primo da quando l'accordo di Parigi è stato firmato nel 2015 da 193 paesi. (Photo: ONU Il gruppo consultivo per i giovani del Segretario generale sui cambiamenti climatici)

Ayisha Siddiqa (United States) is a Pakistani-American human rights and tribal land
defender. She is the Co-founder of Polluters Out and Fossil Free University. Her work focuses on uplifting the rights of marginalized communities while holding polluting companies accountable at the international level. She is currently a research scholar at NYU School of Law. Ayisha was recently named a Time magazine Woman of the Year.

Beniamin Strzelecki (Poland) is a climate action and energy transition advocate. He coordinated a global network of youth-led energy organizations and worked with intergovernmental entities, including the International Renewable Energy Agency, Sustainable Energy for All, and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to create opportunities for young people in the energy transition field. He currently co-chairs the Student Energy Summit 2023 and is continuing his studies at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Fatou Jeng (The Gambia) is dedicated to grassroots, national, and international mobilization as a climate educator, frontline activist, and campaigner. Fatou founded Clean Earth Gambia in 2017, a youth-led, local climate organization that has mobilized thousands of Gambian young people to help marginalized and vulnerable communities build resilience to climate change. Fatou holds a Masters’ degree in Environment, Development, and Policy from the University of Sussex in the UK. She is also a gender climate negotiator for The Gambia to the UNFCCC and was recognized as a TOP 100 Young African Conservation Leader by the WWF, in 2022.

Jevanic Henry (Saint Lucia) is a climate and development professional and advocate. He previously served as Climate Change Special Envoy for the Caribbean Youth Environment Network, and was a UN Foundation Next Generation Fellow. Jevanic worked as a Foreign Service Officer with the Government of Saint Lucia, as well as with the climate change unit of the Commonwealth Secretariat and co-authored a practical guide on enhancing access to climate finance. He is currently an Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Fellow, assigned to the Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the United Nations in New York.

Josefa Tauli (Philippines) is an Ibaloi-Kankanaey Igorot indigenous youth activist. She is Policy Cocoordinator of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), which serves as the youth constituency to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). An advocate for meaningful youth participation, human rights, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights and knowledge, she has coordinated the engagement of youth delegations to more than 10 rounds of CBD negotiations during the development of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Joice Mendez (Colombia/Paraguay) is a migrant, social entrepreneur, and climate advocate focused on the nexus of water, food and energy justice. Joice co-founded several local and regional youth organizations, including the Moema Viezzer Environmental Education Observatory, the Latin American Observatory of Geopolitics of Energy, and the binational Youth Collective of the Parana Basin 3 from the Cultivating Good Water Initiative – a recipient of the UN-Water Best Practice Award in 2015. Joice has also supported Paraguay's National Conference of Youth since 2016 and the National Forum of Water and Youth, and continues to be active in YOUNGO, the Climate Reality Project América Latina.

Saoirse Exton (Ireland) is a climate justice activist with Fridays for Future. As a proud Gaelic speaker from Ireland, Saoirse believes that the wealth of knowledge held in traditional languages and storytelling, can re-establish the vital concept of Earth as sacred within capitalism-imposed mindsets. Saoirse is a member of the C40 Cities Global Youth and Mayors’ Forum, a high schooler, and a strong advocate of degrowth.

UN agencies launch emergency response after devastating Türkiye and Syria quakes. Le agenzie delle Nazioni Unite lanciano una risposta di emergenza dopo i devastanti terremoti di Türkiye e Siria. Uno dei peggiori disastri di questo secolo ha colpito milioni di persone e lasciato migliaia di senzatetto a seguito di due devastanti terremoti vicino al confine tra Turchia e Siria il 6 febbraio 2023. Il terremoto ha colpito le comunità nel pieno dell'inverno, lasciando centinaia di migliaia di persone, tra cui piccoli bambini e anziani, senza accesso a riparo, cibo, acqua, calore e cure mediche a temperature gelide. Continua una massiccia operazione di ricerca e salvataggio e i partner umanitari stanno rapidamente intensificando gli sforzi per fornire assistenza salvavita. Puoi aiutare anche tu. Donate adesso. >>>

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