Land for Life Youth Social Media Activist Challenge
30 August 2016The secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) recognizes that young people play an evident role in shaping the future particularly in achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals related to natural resources conservation. We will need a stronger and...
Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change 2016
05 August 2016Young people can tell the world how they are shaping a more sustainable future and win a trip to the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco (COP22) in November by entering the second annual Global Youth Video Competition on...
Why Food Matters for Cities – A Youth Perspective
01 August 201629 July 2016, 2:00 – 4:30 PM
Food security and nutrition are key to liveable cities and sustainable urban development. Youth – today’s and tomorrow’s food growers, consumers and city dwellers – play a critical role in shaping the future of food and...
World Humanitarian Day
01 August 2016"Save the date" for the World Humanitarian Day event at HQ on 19 August 2016 at 7pm.
Background:
In December 2008, the sixty-third session of the UN General Assembly decided to designate 19 August as World Humanitarian Day.
19 August is the...
International Youth Day is on 12 August 2016!
01 August 2016The theme of this year’s day is ‘The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production’ which centres on the role of young people in ensuring poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development through sustainable consumption and production...