Filling Greta’s Shoes: A New Generation Of Young Climate Activists Steps Up

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After Greta started addressing other issues, including the Israelian-Palestinian conflict and indigenous rights in the Polar region, she is no longer the darling of international media. But in her wake, other young climate leaders are stepping up, building alliances, mobilizing millions, and keeping the fight for the planet front and center. One such leader is Agustin Ocaña from Ecuador, whose Global Youth Coalition (GYC) has already activated over a million young people across 177+ countries. Now, they are planning a bold Atlantic voyage to COP30.

During COP 29 in Baku, the founder and chairperson of GYC, Agustin Ocaña, sent a strong message to the world leaders, looking straight into the camera during a global broadcast for We Don´t Have Time: “We, the youth, are getting stronger. You leaders have two options: follow our lead or vanish.

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What Are CFOs Saying About Climate Action Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty?– Ingmar Rentzhog explores the key insights of a new report We Don’t Have Time released in partnership with Kearney, which shows that, despite the headlines, CFOs around the world are stepping up for climate action. The report is also attached this newsletter.
Filling Greta’s Shoes: A New Generation Of Young Climate Activists Steps Up– Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson profiles Agustin Ocaña, an inspiring young climate activist from Ecuador and leader of Global Youth Coalition.
Pay to Receive Tornado Warnings? Trump’s Commercialization Of Weather– Sweta Chakraborty discusses the implications of the Trump administration’s crusade to privatize the US government’s meteorology services.
Found, Lost & Found: Sweden’s Climate Leadership Ambitions– Mattias Goldmann details how recent political backtracking cost Sweden its privileged position at the forefront of international climate action and points to a potential way forward.
Green Shipping And Climate Change—Here Comes The Wind– Nick Nuttall delves into the new life being breathed into an ancient (and carbon neutral) shipping technology.

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