This youth supplement to UNFPA's flagship State of the World
Population Report addresses climate change through the
perspectives and experiences of seven young people (from Brazil,
Marshall Islands, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines and
U.S.A.). It explores how environmental changes are affecting
their lives, and what further climatic changes could mean for
young people's lives, livelihoods, health, rights and
development. Young people all over the world are today standing
up and calling for action on climate change. They are both angry
with scenarios that in some cases seem inevitable and confident
that their contributions will make a difference. The young
people featured in this report tell stories that give us a
glimpse of what impact climate change might have on young people
from different backgrounds and cultures, giving a deeper
understanding of how the lives of young people will change, as
the projected impacts of climate change arrive.