Youth Solutions to the Climate Crisis
Youth Voice Their Solutions to the Climate Crisis at COP25
“If something differentiates youth from the 20th century to the 21st century, is that they know how to combine protest with proposal very well.”
Young people from the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities and Extinction Rebellion Youth share their solutions to the climate crisis at COP25 in Madrid, December 2019.
Panel moderated by Max Trejo of the International Youth Organization for Latin America.
- Mayra Rojas
Mexican Network of Rural Forest Organizations (RedMOCAF)
- Héctor Fabio
Yucuna Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC)
- Dominique Palmer
Extinction Rebellion Youth & UK Student Climate Network
- Jeffry Torres
Bri Bri-Cabecar Indigenous Network, Costa Rica
- Militza Flaco
Emberá and Wounaan Youth Organization of Panama (OJEWP)
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Militza is President of the Emberá and Wounaan Youth Organization of Panama (OJEWP), created on April 21, 2001. OJEWP is made up of yo...
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