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What do young activists want from COP?

What do young activists want from COP?

The Climate Question vor 4 Jahren

In the last few years, young people have demanded action on global warming.

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This week will bring around 25,000 world leaders, business
people, policy shapers and campaigners together in Glasgow for
COP26, a global climate summit that’s seen as a crucial moment in
the fight to curb global warming. Among them will be young
activists who in the last few years have made global headlines
with the School Strike for Climate movement. Beginning with Greta
Thunberg in Sweden in 2018, millions of young people have taken
to the streets to try to get their voices heard. We hear from
three young people devoted to climate activism. In the
Philippines, Mitzi Jonelle Tan grew up amid severe typhoons that
would flood her bedroom. In India, Disha Ravi saw her
grandparents struggle to get enough water for their farm. And in
the United States, 19-year-old Jerome Foster has been invited to
join President Biden’s Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Do
these young activists feel their voices are being heard? What
action do they most want to see from world leaders at COP – and
how realistic are their demands? Presenters Kate Lamble and
Jordan Dunbar talk to Disha Ravi, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Jerome
Foster and the BBC’s Environment Correspondent, Matt McGrath.
Producer: Sophie Eastaugh Researcher: Natasha Fernandes Series
producer: Alex Lewis Editor: Emma Rippon Sound engineer: Neil
Churchill