UNICEF Greece Country Office and the Network for Children’s Rights, implementing partners of U-Report Greece, join
forces with the active young people behind WeFor, in launching a poll entitled 'What do young people think about climate change?' The
poll will be available from July 25 until August 25, 2022 on the U-Report
Greece platform, and its results will help the work of UNICEF and its partners,
in view of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference, which will be held from
November 7-18, 2022 in Egypt. The Conference will bring together leaders from
all countries of the world that have signed the United Nations Climate
Convention, with the aim of reviewing progress in implementing commitments to
address the climate crisis and set goals and policies for future collective
action.
Young people aged 14-25 can register on the
U-Report Greece platform and answer the poll by sending the word CLIMATE or ΚΛΙΜΑ, via Viber, Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp. They are then asked to answer questions such as: "How
does climate change affect you and your peers?", "In what ways would
you like to contribute to addressing the effects of climate change?",
"What would be your message to world leaders for the upcoming COP27
Summit?”.
The poll will be conducted simultaneously in more
than 40 countries, through UNICEF's
global U-Report platform,
and the answers of Greece’s youth will be included in the answers of the global
community of U-Reporters, aiming to highlight the effects of climate change on
new generations and promote children and young people's messages ahead of the
COP27 Conference.
The results of the poll will also set the stage for
discussion at a special session for teenagers as part of this year's Athens
Democracy Forum to be held at the
end of September.
