A Young Climate Advocate’s Experience at MENA Climate Week
What I did at MENA Climate Week
At the MENA Climate Week, my role was to speak more precisely about my initiative and what we are doing as young people in our community to raise awareness about the detrimental impact of plastic and how much it is negatively harming our climate. I discussed our awareness campaign’s goals, activities, and future plans. One of my learnings is that when conducting sessions with the community, it is critical that we utilize the simplest language possible, especially when discussing climate change issues, because this is a relatively new issue that people should be able to understand in the simplest way possible.
I also mentioned that youth work must be prioritized by all INGOs, NGOs, and government units. To reach our objectives, we will need all your support. We are young, brave, and eager to preserve our planet from the effects of global warming.
Attending the event’s sessions helped me to learn more about the effects of climate change, and there were many sessions with new topics for me, such as digital transformation for climate action, digitalization, and Blockchain Technologies.
It allowed me to expand my network with young people who have similar interests, improve my intercultural competencies, and strengthen my role as a young person. It was a great opportunity to learn more about the consequences of climate change in our MENA region, as well as to broaden my knowledge of what I might do in my community to raise awareness about the current major topic, climate change.
This experience has deepened my commitment to making a real difference in my community. It taught me was that I can make a difference even when the adults around me don’t believe in me. I am excited to continue carrying these lessons with me as I grow up and pursue my passions for climate change, adaptation, and mitigation.
What’s next?
I’ve started already planning for a huge campaign in Jordan to raise awareness about the impact of climate change and what we can do as young people about this issue. I am planning for COP27 to be well prepared for this event, I am learning a lot, working hard, and putting a lot of effort in because I am a believer on this issue. Our environment, climate, and the planet needs us, we as young people are going to make this change, each of us in their field but in the end, our goal is clear: we want to have a safe, green, and best environment to live in!
And always I am reminding myself and others: the less we do to address climate change now, the more regulation we will have in the future.
