Photo: UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth via pmn.co.nz Excerpt from pmn.co.nz
Four young advocates have arrived in Brazil for a major global climate conference, determined to ensure children and Pacific communities are not left behind in the fight against global warming.
These rangatahi from Aotearoa New Zealand are calling for world leaders to turn promises into real, child-centred action.
Marking 10 years since the Paris Agreement, the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) is being hosted in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 10 to 22 November. The Paris Agreement is a landmark 2015 accord which holds nations accountable to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.