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Yi Hyun Kang, photo.

Yi Hyun Kang

Postdoctoral fellow

Yi Hyun Kang, photo.

Youth at international climate negotiations: profiles, motivations and impacts

Author

  • Yi Hyun Kang
  • Riham Helmy
  • Amandine Orsini

Editor

  • Jamie Gorman
  • Tomi Kiilakoski
  • Lana Pasic
  • Esther Vallado

Summary, in English

Young people have been prominent climate advocates globally and they are also becoming increasingly visible in global climate politics. They have participated in Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since COP1 in 1995. While recent studies have started to examine the representativeness and participation of youth at the COPs, we still lack detailed data and information about the profiles and backgrounds of youth participants in these spaces. This chapter looks into the backgrounds of youth advocates attending international climate conferences, by examining the data collected at COP27 and the 17th Conference of Youth (COY17), a youth-focused event held just before COP27.

Department/s

  • Department of Political Science
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Pages

71-85

Publication/Series

Youth and Democracy in the Climate Crisis

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Council of Europe

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Political Science

Keywords

  • Youth
  • youth activism
  • climate change
  • COP
  • Climate negotiations
  • climate politics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-92-871-9487-9