Jet setting around the globe in the name of sustainability, Juan Soriano, a 2009 GES delegate, attended the 2-week UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18. As part of SustainUS, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of young people advancing sustainable development and youth empowerment in the United States, Juan represented youth across the US. Through SustainUS, Juan also rallied behind a cause he strongly supports as a native of Peru, which was to send a delegation of youth from Latin America who are often underrepresented at conferences such as these. During the conference, Juan delivered a speech drafted by the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) to the heads of state inside the Bella Center on behalf of youth around the world.
At GES, we talk a lot about grassroots development – partnering with communities to affect change. But here’s an awesome example of how our delegates are working at the policy level as well!
You can follow or get involved in the international youth climate movement at http://www.youthclimate.org
http://www.itsgettinghotinhere.org is better for staying up-to-date with the U.S. and Canadian youth climate movement