Pass the climate gavel to the young

Aug 31

Clara Brown at the plenary session of the 2023 Water Conference at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City. Photo supplied by Clara Brown

By Patricia Lane & Clara Brown

These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity.

When world leaders gather, 16-year-old Clara Brown from Merrickville, Ont., helps ensure young people have a greater voice.

Clara is the contact point for the Water and Climate Working Group of YOUNGO | UNFCCC, the official children and youth constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which she represented at the 2023 UN Water Conference.

She co-chaired the Joint Youth Statement Working Group (JYS) of Global Youth Mobilization, an initiative of the UN Foundation and the World Health Organization, which in 2022, allocated $1.5 million to a total of 476 youth empowerment projects in 73 countries. Starfish Canada named Clara to its 2022 list of Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25.

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