THE Barbados Youth Climate Action Summit and Expo, which gets underway today, will see young people in Barbados shining the spotlight on a number of climate change-related issues, whilst signalling to
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.
Ten-year-old Layla Licorish will cycle from St John to the Wildey Gymnasium on Thursday to kickstart the Student Climate Action March that will see the youth and other groups calling for action to stop climate change.It will be the first event of the three-day Barbados Youth Climate Action Summit and Expo being staged by the Ashley Lashley Foundation, a registered charity that focuses on bringing greater awareness to some of the world’s major social, environmental, and health issues, such as the health impacts of climate change, particularly in Small Island Developing States.Lashley, founder of the charity, told Barbados TODAY the climate crisis is a serious issue, especially for youth, and they intend to send a clear message.