Stubborn optimists from across Europe have reached out to their respective Human Rights Ambassadors. We are calling on them to support our initiative for an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate change and human rights.

Miguel is the Caribbean’s regional coordinator for World’s Youth Climate Justice. His piece unveils the underlying socio-economic issues that engender the apparent apathy of Caribbean folk victimised by climate change.

Shannon is a member of the World’s Youth Climate Justice team. She discusses the Australian government’s lacklustre response to climate change and the motivation that it gave her to enter into the world of climate activism.

Anya, one of our co-founders of Panoramic Magazine, interviews World Youth for Climate Justice members, Vishal and Solomon, about their campaign for an advisory opinion from the ICJ (International Court of Justice) on climate change.

World’s Youth for Climate Justice has been awarded the PACEY Plus Youth Award in the category ‘Beyond Europe’ during the Intergenerational Forum on Peace, the climate, nuclear disarmament and the pandemic on January 19 2021.

We talk to Nicole Ann Ponce, from Cebu, Philippines, a young volunteer in the climate justice movement “I am Climate Justice” about the beginnings and aims of ICJ, and the importance of each one of us doing our part to care for the planet.  

We were wanting to create an opportunity that draws out the voice of children and youth to express for themselves the future that they imagine to live in or a future to avoid. We decided that a virtual art competition is one of the best ways to achieve this and thus have initiated the ‘Reimagining Pacific Futures’ art competition.

On May 24, 2020, The Philippine Star wrote, “Bicycle lanes miraculously appeared on EDSA last May 24, 2020. A product of the cooperation between citizen- cyclists and concerned government offices.”

Youth Advocacy Group Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) has celebrated its one year anniversary and reflected on their significant achievements over this short period of time.