If you know anything about Mexican food in San Francisco, then you re well aware that La Taqueria is the place to go for the best crispy tacos and Mission-style burritos.
In honour of this year’s theme for International Youth Day on 12 August, ‘Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World’, I am thrilled to spotlight our PMNCH Adolescents & Youth constituency (AYC) for their remarkable leadership in climate change action. They play a crucial role in driving the 1.8 Billion Young People for Change campaign and Global Forum for Adolescents, which highlights the need for a green transition to ensure the well-being of current and future generations of adolescents. Today, adolescents and youth aged 10-24, representing 24% of the global population, face extreme climate vulnerability, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Despite having contributed least to carbon emissions during their lifetimes, they and future generations will bear the greatest consequences, making climate change a profound intergenerational injustice. Shortly after launching the 1.8 campaign, the AYC represented PMNCH and the campaign at COP27, both at the C