PARALLEL SESSION 7
The session aims to move from young people’s voices to policies and plans that act on them. The discussions in the session will revolve around identifying partnerships between youth, city governments, media and institutions to scale up child- and youth-focussed climate policy and also build approaches to embed youth in governance.
Welcome and introduction:
- Sayli Mankikar, Associate Director, ICLEI South Asia
Keynote Address 1 – Children and the Urban Climate Crisis: Evidence on Heat and Air Pollution, and what Child-Responsive Climate Policy requires
- Yusuf Kabir, Program Specialist – Climate and Environment, UNICEF India
Keynote Address 2 – From Framework to Practice: Embedding young people in Urban Climate Governance through the ACT Framework
- Anshul Tewari, Founder, Youth Ki Awaaz
Launch: Poster for UNICEF EACH Project
Presentation by winners of the ARISE Cities Forum Youth for Climate Hackathon 2.0 | Action-Oriented Transition: Translating Resilient, Scalable, and Inclusive Solutions for Circular Cities
Moderator:
- Shinjini Saha, Senior Project Officer, ICLEI South Asia
Panellists:
- Muskan Lodhi, Communications and Partnerships Lead, Bring Back Green Foundation
- Lovlesh Sharma, Head – Urban Youth Unit, National Institute of Urban Affairs, India
- Seep Agrawal, Lead – Volunteering & Strategic Partnerships, UNICEF India
- Gunjan Nanda, Co-founder, Entertainment + Culture Pavilion