Youth climate activists: If we are unable to phase out the use of fossil fuels and limit the temperature rise, the decision about loss and damage alone will not reduce the vulnerability of any country. Similarly, while more young people had the opportunity to join discussions, there is still a long way to go to make their participation more meaningful.
you are watching bbc news. the headlines. fifa s president has hit back at western critics of qatar s human rights record and accused them of hypocrisy. negotiators at the un climate talks in egypt have agreed to help the poorest countries worst affected by climate change. let s get more on that story. sophia kianni is a un adviser and founder of climate cardinals a youth led not for profit, working to translate climate change research. she also gave a talk to world leaders when she was in sharm el sheikh. she told me about hers and other youth organisation s goals at this summit. youth climate activists have really been pushing for the creation of the beginning of copper, and i think that this drop language is very encouraging, so i do hope to see it in the final text that these countries, it to creating a loss and damage fund, particularly because countries like the us really have
activists saying we are trying to protect our future and for people who are making those decisions, the vested interests involved in this process. well, it s exactly like you said, climate activists, we are all speaking from a personal position of fear and concern in the sense that we have nothing but everything to lose. we aren t coming to these discussions being paid to participate. this isn t ourjob. i m a full time student, and advocacy is something i do out of necessity because i m scared about the future that my generation is going to face if we don t take climate action. my generation is already experiencing the impacts of the climate crisis at a rate of three times higher than our grandparents. of course we are concerned about the lack of action being taken into hypocrisy by our world leaders that they can t even call themselves leaders if they aren t committing to adequate climate action which includes phasing out all fossilfuels. malaysia s snap election appears likely to end
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