If you could fix one climate issue, what would it be? 🍔 Food waste 💨 Carbon emissions 🌊 Water pollution Our Innovation Prize is open for applications from those who can make a difference. ow.ly/2SbA50M5JPc

A great opportunity for anyone interested in young people and the environment. Please complete the survey. 🌍 @YouthWorkUnit

Shout out to young people aged 18-25 years: hellodie of UCL would like to talk to you in confidence about your thoughts and perspectives on climate change and your experience with eco-anxiety for a research study. RYCA South East Regional Youth Climate Assembly @HarrietThew Priestley Centre for Climate Futures

Great line up for public meeting next month on how to tackle the climate and nature crises, right in the centre of Halifax. Get it in the diary!

Great meeting tonight in #Halifax - excellent questions and discussion

It was great to hear from Ed Miliband at todays Youth Convention! - thank you for the video. We also had Tina from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority giving a talk on local green jobs/ skills. Thank you to all Youth Parliament members and youth councillors that attended. @YouthWorkUnit

Brill day on Saturday, we hosted Youth Con at Bentley Youth Hub!🤩 Over 70+ Young People from across Yorkshire & Humber having our voices heard, sharing campaign progress’, workshops by Regional Youth Climate Assembly , clothes swap, flower bombs and writing music and much more! British Youth Council UK Youth Parliament

“Businesses need to decarbonise and to democratise. “If businesses had cooperative ownership, perhaps they’d be more focused on sustainability.” - Curtis Yip from Regional Youth Climate Assembly speaking at #YSW23

“We helped bring in an 80p discount fare for buses in South Yorkshire and young people were quick to jump onto public transport. It’s improving people’s lives as well as reducing emissions.” - Jude Daniel Smith, a climate education academic and member of Regional Youth Climate Assembly at #YSW23

Last week we hosted the annual youth convention for Members of Youth Parliament and Youth Councillors across Yorkshire & Humber. Here's what they had to say! British Youth Council @YouthWorkUnit youtu.be/dUQdodnu3eQ

It was great to be on the Economy & Finance Panel at the Yorkshire Sustainability Conference yesterday with Kate Smith, Vera Trappmann, Natasha Babar-Evans, Georgina Knockton and James Murray MP. Fantastic discussion around the social and technical aspects to a green economy.

It was great representing young people at @YkSustainableWk Yorkshire can lead the way! #yorkshire #sustainability #youth

In March I spoke at the Student Sustainability Research Conference hosted by the University of Leeds. It was fantastic to celebrate the great research by undergrad and postgraduate students from all across Yorkshire. University of Leeds Yorkshire Universities

Today, young people and the world commemorate #InternationalYouthDay and celebrate this year’s theme “Green skills for youth: Towards a Sustainable Future” 🌍 But what are Green skills?🧩 Find out in the video below 👇🏻 #YouthDay2023

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY!!! This years theme is Green Skills 🌍 This means putting education and jobs at the heart of sustainable development and young people at the heart of those policies. #YouthDay2023 #GreenYouthDeal

We’re proud to have Regional Youth Climate Assembly on the Commission. Youth voice and empowerment is a crucial pillar for RYCA, and giving young people in #Yorkshire & #Humber a seat at the table to affect regional change is important to us. Thank you to Will and Edie for talking to us today!

The ‘Zoom Beyond Travel Pass’ is something that we at the South Yorkshire Youth Combined Authority introduced just after covid. It has significantly helped young people across the region to use public transport, making us one of the cheapest in the country for ages up to 21.

Young people and Defra UK officials met for a roundtable on the governments environment plan👥⁠📈 ⁠ Curtis Yip's blog covers the discussion & what else should be done for young people to input on plans for a green future📣🌱 ⁠ Read here👉bit.ly/46vqChO

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