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Climate: can young activists still sway the outcome of COP negotiations?

Young activists are key figures of the climate movement. So much has been self-evident ever since Greta Thunberg sat outside the steps of the Swedish parliament during school hours in August 2018 and galvanized others from her generation to follow suit in the international movement of Fridays for Future. But beyond symbolic power, can young people actually sway the outcome of the United Nations’ climate negotiations?

May 22, 2024

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