The Role of Youth in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptationby | 25-10-2012 06:43 |
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After attending the COFO 21, Committee on Forestry-21st Session 2012 which was the highest FAO forestry statutory body in Rome, Italy, as a youth I began to realize that climate change was the greatest environmental challenge of the twenty-first century. Basically hunger, poverty, population growth, armed conflict, displacement, air pollution, soil degradation, desertification and deforestation are intricately intertwined with and all contribute to climate change, necessitating a comprehensive approach to a solution. As a solution of FAO, we as young people are required to build awareness in taking an active and visible role in addressing climate change and global warming. |