Youth4Climate event: Powering Action

New York, 3 October 2022 (TDI): Member of the UN Secratary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, Archana Soreng said that “I’m very happy to be here at the Youth4Climate event because I believe it’s one of the spaces where we are able to have an honest and frank conversation.”

Youth4Climate: Powering Action 

Young people are battling for the right to a viable future all throughout the world. They persist in demanding the substantial action needed to address a warming world.

Apart from this, they also did not demand the promotion of climate justice, despite famines, droughts, and rising sea levels that older generations have promised but never delivered.

Furthermore, the inaugural flagship event of the program Youth4Climate: Powering Action, backed by the Government of Italy and UNDP, brought together young climate leaders this year in New York.

Additionally, during the event, young people spoke with world leaders about their ideas and found comfort in the knowledge that others are also working and advocating for similar causes around the globe.

Archana Soreng added during the event, “I’m very happy to be here at the Youth4Climate event because I believe it’s one of the spaces where we are able to have an honest and frank conversation.

As I was also part of the Youth4Climate 2021 in Milan, I feel we have come a long way in our discussions, on how we are taking forward the manifesto.

So I truly feel there have been so many things we’ve been able to do since last year. I truly believe that is the youth that is anchoring this process and taking it ahead. It’s a space of international solidarity amongst young people.”

Archana Soreng: A Profile

The rights of Indigenous people are a key theme in Archana’s work. She is striving to establish intergenerational ties with Indigenous leaders from all across the world as a member of the Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

She works for the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG), Antonio Guterres in order to learn how to foster resilience and promote restitution for loss and damage.