Young people's fight against climate change

Overview

As young people, we are well positioned to build support for the health and well-being of this and future generations. Here, we turn our attention to one of the biggest global threats to health and well-being: climate change. Why are we doing this? Members of PMNCH focus primarily on health, well-being and rights. They don’t always consider how climate change affects people’s lives and work. We want to change that. This knowledge summary is written by adolescents, youth, and youth-led organizations, for adolescents, youth and youth-led organizations. This brief shows how to increase the awareness, knowledge and capacity of adolescents, youth and youth-led organizations who have not yet engaged with the issue, within and beyond PMNCH, to act against climate change and its impacts on health and well-being. We are also doing this because, despite the urgency for action, many decision-makers, from individual consumers to government leaders, are not doing enough to tackle climate change or its impacts on health and well-being.