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Minister with responsibility for culture in the Prime Minister’s Office Senator Dr Shantal Munro-Knight is calling on the youth to not only speak out about the climate change crisis, but to also fight for change.Delivering the featured remarks at the opening ceremony of The Barbados Youth Climate Action Summit & Expo, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC) on Friday, the Government senator said that while the fight against climate change could be deemed a challenge, it is not fair for the youth to have to carry the burden alone.She said Government and leaders of agencies, including UNICEF and the United Nations must walk with the youth on the journey.“It must not be a flavor of the month. Our commitment must be demonstrated by our willingness to bring them to the table and also to put resources where our mouth is. Very often we look at moments like these where we have conferences and where we can feel pretty, but it is what happens after we leave this moment that then tel
With future generations likely to bear the consequences of global warming over the next few decades, young people from Barbados and elsewhere in the world have come together to find solutions to the climate change problem.Thursday morning marked the start of the Youth Climate Summit and Expo, which will be held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre over the next two days.“The climate crisis is a children’s crisis and we are glad that more children are beginning to understand this and recognise that they must take action in order to safeguard their future,” said Executive Director of the Ashley Lashley Foundation and UNICEF Youth Advocate for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ashley Lashley.Lashley said children from 20 primary and secondary schools across Barbados as well as delegates from the Caribbean and further afield will participate in the conference.