This SDGs Café event will examine youth engagement in climate governance, highlighting insights from high school students who attended COP30 through a youth empowerment programme implemented by UNU-IAS Operating Unit Ishikawa/Kanazawa (UNU-IAS OUIK) Sunwoo Kang of the Global Environment Outreach Centre (GEOC) will provide an overview of the COP framework and current international trends in youth participation, followed by reflections from two students from Kanazawa on their experiences and perspectives. Topics will include:
- What is COP (Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), its purpose, roles and related youth activities.
- Why is it difficult for young people’s voices to be reflected in decision‑making?
- What kinds of youth participation mechanisms exist in other countries?
- How can youth participation be expanded from the local context of Kanazawa?
Participation & Registration
This event will be held online and is open to the public. Please register in advance to receive a Zoom link.
Language
This event will be held in Japanese only, with no English translation provided.
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Programme
Subject to change
Introduction
- Yoko Tomita (UNU-IAS OUIK)
Opening Presentation
- Sunwoo Kang (GEOC)
Presentation by UNU-IAS OUIK Youth Empowerment Programme Participants
- Aoi Tachibana (Kanazawa University Senior High School)
- Miyu Hira (Kanazawa Nishikigaoka High School)
Discussion and Q&A
Organizers
This event will be organized by UNU-IAS Operating Unit Ishikawa/Kanazawa (UNU-IAS OUIK) and IMAGINE KANAZAWA 2030, and co-organized by Global Environmental Outreach Centre (GEOC).
