THE YCEO: Local Activist from Ghana Receives “Green Ticket” to Attend UN Climate Summit in New York
Climate and Youth Empowerment champion Desmond
Alugnoa has been awarded a “Green Ticket” to attend the first ever UN Youth
Climate Summit in New York City on Saturday, September 21. The historic event
will be a platform for young leaders who are driving climate action to showcase
their solutions at the United Nations, and to meaningfully engage with
decision-makers on the defining issue of our time. It will be the largest
gathering of young climate leaders at the UN in history. Desmond Alugnoa is one of the 100 young people
from across the globe given a Green Ticket by the UN to attend the Summit after
demonstrating their commitment to addressing the climate crisis and displaying
leadership in advancing solutions. The Youth Climate Summit will feature a
full-day of programming that brings together young activists, innovators,
entrepreneurs, and change-makers who are committed to combating climate change
at the pace and scale needed to meet the challenge. It will be action oriented,
intergenerational, and inclusive, with equal representation of young leaders
from all walks of life.
“Youth
are showing us the way on climate action,” said Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate
Action Summit, Luis Alfonso de Alba. “I am eager for young climate leaders from
all over the world to take their rightful place on the global stage and
participate in this historic moment.”
Desmond Alugnoa
is a climate and youth empowerment advocate with focus on community
development, environmental conservation and climate adaptation. Desmond is the co-founder of Green Africa
Youth Organization (GAYO), an NGO dedicated to providing solutions to pressing
environmental issues through research and environmental entrepreneurship. As a
projects Coordinator for GAYO in Ghana, Desmond has played a key role in
creating employment for women and youth in the area of Rural Innovation and
Solid Waste Management whilst creating awareness on climate change and adaptation
strategies among students and farmers. Desmond Alugnoa is also the UN- Major
Group for Children and Youth (UN-MGCY) thematic focal point under Decent Work
and Economy Growth in the Rural Economy. To Desmond “The planet is not a machine to be controlled by privileged
super-mechanics but by those passionate about environmental housekeeping”
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Desmond
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