COP27 President to Children, Youth: I depend on your voices

CAIRO – 9 November 2022: “As the COP president, I depend on your voices and your inspiration. Everybody has a right to a future,” says COP27 President Sameh Shoukry, while visiting the Youth pavilion at the Climate Change conference in Sharm El Sheikh.

Minister Shoukry @COP27P addressing the youth at the Youth pavilion at the Climate Change conference in Sharm El Sheikh pic.twitter.com/FAEc0RysHe

— Egypt MFA Spokesperson (@MfaEgypt) November 9, 2022

For the first time, the United Nations Conferences of Parties allocated a pavilion for youth and children to empower and indulge them in climate action, said the Egyptian Presidency of the COP27.

The pavilion also aims to make the children and youths’ voices heard, to become part of the climate decision making, the statement added.

The attendees of the pavilion are COP27 Youth Envoy Omnia el-Omrani; CEO of CIFF Kate Hampton; Deputy Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Ovais Sarmad; Executive Director of CIFF (Africa) Faustina Fynn-Nyame; and Coordinator of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples Nancidalia Ramírez Domínguez.

Over the period of the conference, the pavilion, which is being run by young people, will host events and working groups, to provide networking opportunities and policy briefings.

The conference's thematic day on youth and future generations will be held on November 10. The day will be opened by the youth-led climate forum, followed by another session on climate change threats to health, nutrition, education and the future of children.