A New Chapter: Youth Take the Lead at YEA 2025

In late November 2025, the corridors of the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi were alive with a kind of energy you could feel in your chest. This was not the quiet, formal pulse of diplomacy. This was youth. Bold. Hopeful. Unapologetically ready to lead. Young people from more than 70 countries had gathered for […]
What is COP30 and Why It Mattered

The UNFCCC’s COP (Conference of the Parties) process is the world’s main multilateral mechanism for confronting climate change. COP30, held from 10–21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, was the 30th such conference. The summit brought together nearly all UNFCCC member states, including governments and negotiators, along with civil society, Indigenous groups, scientists, business leaders, youth, […]