From Awareness to Action: Engaging Youth in the Green Economy and Climate Action From Awareness to Action: Engaging Youth in the Green Economy and Climate Action 2 On 11 March 2024, Sara stands in front of a landfill in Kolonia District in the city of Gjakova, Kosovo*. [...] Through this programme, UNICEF and the Swedish Environment Protection Agency are aiming to improve air quality through increasing capacities of governments for air quality governance and data (SwEPA), strengthening the climate change education system, youth engagement and advocacy for child and youth sensitive Air Quality Policies, while increasing youth employability and eco-innovations. [...] We were lucky to have representatives of YOUNGO, or the Youth Climate Movement, the official children and youth constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), lend their expertise to us and participate in the design and selection of U-Report poll questions. [...] The DARYA project was instrumental in supporting the participation of young people in the Central Asian sub-region, contributing to the high number of responses and in selecting several questions for the poll. [...] This is the fourth report of ETF and UNICEF, where the organisations have joined forces to deliver the voices and opinions of young people to policymakers, so that their policies and programmes can be more responsive to the realities of young people.
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- Foreword 3
- Acknowledgements 7
- Abbreviations and acronyms 8
- Executive summary 9
- Introduction 13
- Focus of this report 14
- Context 14
- Use of the results 15
- Methodology 16
- Findings 17
- Section 1: Where do young people get their information about climate change and disaster risk? 17
- Section 2: Youth perceptions on the technological fixes and the climate crisis 22
- Section 3: Are education systems preparing young people for a green economy? 24
- Section 4: Who young people feel is responsible for addressing climate change 26
- Section 5: How confident young people feel that their government will tackle climate change 29
- Section 6: The right of young people to be heard when making policies about climate 32
- Conclusion 40
- References 41
- Figure 1 Sources of information on climate change 17
- Figure 2 Sources of information on climate change: by gender 19
- Figure 3 Sources of information on climate change: by age group 20
- Figure 4 Opinion on technological fixes and the climate crisis 22
- Figure 5 Opinion on technological fixes and the climate crisis: by age group 23
- Figure 6 Suitability of education systems for a green economy 24
- Figure 7 Stakeholders responsible for addressing climate change 26
- Figure 8 Stakeholders responsible for addressing climate change: by gender 27
- Figure 9 Stakeholders responsible for addressing climate change: by age group 28
- Figure 10 Confidence in government to keep climate promises 29
- Figure 11 Confidence in government to keep climate promises: by gender 30
- Figure 12 Confidence in government to keep climate promises: by age group 31
- Figure 13 Opportunities for youth participation in climate policies 32
- Figure 14 Opportunities for youth participation in climate policies: by age group 33
