engaging young climate leaders from around the world on climate risk & intervention
All too frequently, climate intervention is discussed among people who will not live to see the worst impacts of climate change. There has not been a forum where the experiences of young people, facing these threats now and for the rest of their lives, are placed at the centre of this conversation. SilverLining supports dialogue among youth and between younger and older generations to help put young people at the forefront of future developments in climate intervention research and policy.
INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE at cop26
During the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), SilverLining partnered with global youth climate organizations for "An Intergenerational Dialogue on Research in Climate Interventions to Protect Vulnerable People and Ecosystems from Catastrophic Climate Change." The event, held in-person and virtually, featured a powerful exchange between youth climate leaders, scientists, and audience members on climate intervention research, the reality of climate impacts in the global south and the objections to climate interventions research. Read reflections: Kelly Wanser, Madeleine Karlsberg Schaffer
Steering Committee: Béatrice Coroenne, Madeleine Karlsberg Schaffer, Ricardo Pineda Guzman, Neeshad Shafi
YOUTH CALL TO ACTION (YCA)
In July 2021, distinguished young climate leaders from different parts of the world held the world’s first-ever global youth summit on climate intervention in which they developed the concepts taken forward by the Global Youth Initiative Steering Committee to develop a Youth Call to Action (YCA) on research and dialogue on climate intervention. The Youth Call to Action is a thoughtful, detailed proposal for engagement on research in climate intervention written and supported by young professional leaders in climate. As part of the COP26 event, youth leaders presented the Youth Call to Action on Climate Intervention.
2021 GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT
SilverLining and YOUNGO TechMech Working Group hosted the first-ever summit for young climate leaders (age 18-34) on near-term climate risk and intervention. The event featured young people sharing insights into near-term climate threats in their respective parts of the world - the problem that climate intervention aims to address. It included a discussion between younger and older climate professionals, which sought to shed light on crucial questions on climate intervention and inter-generational justice, and engagement with expert scientists on the realities of climate intervention research.
YOUTH DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE INTERVENTION
In January 2021, SilverLining held a youth dialogue on climate intervention as part of the Youth for Climate Adaptation Conference 2021. The event featured global youth climate leaders, scientific researchers and policy experts and engaging visualizations and interactive elements, in a candid discussion of the near-term risks of climate change and ideas and concerns about possible interventions to help address them.