Pro-Environmental Change: Youth Perspectives and Actions

We are pleased to invite you to the launch of this toolkit aiming to empower and inform youth, students and young adults living in Europe on how to engage and lead pro-environmental change.

The toolkit provides hands on guidance on how to take sustainable action and engage in eco-friendly behavior on four different levels: an individual, local & national, international and (social-media) communication level. The toolkit was developed by young authors under the Youth Empowerment and Training Initiatives (YETI) in Europe by UNEP-EU’s Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Multilateral Environmental Agreements 3 Programme (ACP MEAs 3).

The event, through selected panelists, will cover these four main areas:

1. Tips for behavioral changes towards a more sustainable lifestyle at home.

2. How to take sustainable actions in your community, school, university or country.

3. Engaging in pro-environmental change on an EU and international level.

4. Leading pro-environmental change through effective (social media) communication.

Event Agenda

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome remarks by:

Veronika Hunt Šafránková

Head of the UN Environment Programme Brussels Office

Ms. Aurélie Godefroy

Deputy Head of Unit International Partnerships

Unit – Environment and natural resources (F2) European Union

Peter Wekesa

Senior Officer Environment and Climate Action

Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

10:15 – 10:20 Introduction of the Toolkit - by Louise Dorner, UNEP, Law Division

10:20 – 10:40 Presentation of 2 focal areas of the Toolkit by youth authors

Pro-environmental youth engagement on: 1) individual; 2) local/national level

10:40 – 10:45 Q&A

10:45 – 11:00 BREAK

11:00 – 11:20 Presentation of 2 focal areas of the Toolkit by Youth Authors –

Pro-environmental youth engagement on 1) EU/international; 2) social media communication level

11:20 – 11:30 Q&A

11:30 – 11:45 Open discussion around pro-environmental youth engagement

11:45 – 12:00 Future plans on youth engagement by the ACP MEAs 3 program and closing remarks by:

Balakrishna Pisupati, UNEP, ACP MEAs Global Programme Manager

Participation in the event is open to all.

Event language: English.

If you have any questions, contact us: Louise Dorner, louise.dorner@un.org