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16 August 2023

How was your experience of International Youth Day 2023? Let us hear your thoughts!

UN DESA would like to hear your feedback on your participation in and engagement with this year’s International Youth Day, themed Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable Future. Help us make the subsequent editions of IYD more impactful! The…

News | 14 August 2023

As record warming tests climate goals, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet

Young climate advocates will tell leaders at a UN summit next month that they are out of options: government and big business must work together on ambitious climate action that pushes the world faster towards sustainability and empowers youth with…

UNDP India In India, a woman demonstrates how to use a solar dish for cooking.

News | 11 August 2023

Green Skills For Youth: Towards A Sustainable World

Today, the world is embarking on a green transition. The shift towards an environmentally sustainable and climate-friendly world is critical not only for responding to the global climate crisis but also for achieving the Sustainable Development…

UNEP/Roan Paul The Sea Women of Melanesia train local women to monitor and assess the impacts of widespread coral bleaching on some of the world's most endangered reefs using marine science and technology.

News | 26 April 2023

SDG ‘warriors’ open Youth Forum with advice for building better world

If the world really wants to step back from the brink, it had better “walk the walk” towards a more sustainable future for all, young speakers said on Tuesday, as thousands of their counterparts from across the world gathered, in person and online,…