As record warming puts climate targets at risk, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet

Young climate advocates are preparing to tell leaders at a UN summit next month that they are out of options: they must deliver now on ambitions climate action that pushes the world faster towards sustainability and empowers younger generations with the ‘green skills’ that will secure our future.

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As record warming puts climate targets at risk, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet

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