environmentally sustainable world beginning with our own individual actions and choices. When these are scaled up by other Youth, we could start seeing the impact. Every action is valuable. Small or large, simple or complex, individual or collective. We have to join hands with those who are already thriving, and with those who are still striving, so that no one is left behind. Collectively we can work to change policies and anchor them to sustainable development, spearhead the adoption of environmental and sustainability education as well as monitor our environment so that we are able to keep track of the changes that are happening to mother nature. We have to fuel our creativity with the necessary skills and innovation to spread the light. The challenges presented in this report provide us with the opportunity to map out our actions to ensure that we will have a healthy planet with healthy people while preserving the planet’s resources for future generations. Their future depends on the decisions and actions that Youth will commit to undertake from today onward! As today’s Youth, we owe it to ourselves and to
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the generations yet to come to undertake this mission with the urgency it demands. The Earth is one big system and whatever you do at one end, has an impact on the other. This generation is more connected than ever before. Let’s continue using our strengths while accepting our differences, reducing our boundaries and becoming citizens of the world that work towards a brighter, more environmentally sustainable future.
