Youth are the generation that will help save our ocean and our future, says UN chief

The world must do more to stop the dramatic decline in ocean health, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, urging young people gathered in Carcavelos, Portugal, for a UN Youth and Innovation Forum to step up because his generation’s leaders had moved far too slow.

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Youth Forum: UN chief calls for ‘tangible improvements’ in the face of injustice, poor governance

07 Apr 2021

Leaders across the world need to “move beyond platitudes” about young people, and deliver a better future for them all, Secretary-General António Guterres told the 10th Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum on Wednesday.

Announcing new youth advisers, Guterres praises their ‘unrelenting’ drive for climate justice

17 Mar 2023

UN Secretary-General António Guterres this week announced the names of seven young climate leaders selected to serve on his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’, UN chief urges

15 Jul 2022

Young people must be recognized around the world as “drivers of change” and empowered to become “fully engaged in decisions affecting their future,” said Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday, World Youth Skills Day.