Event Invitation: Pro-Environmental Change - Youth Perspectives and Actions

The UNEP-EU’s ACP MEAs 3 Team is pleased to invite you to this toolkit launch, aiming to empower and inform youth, students and young adults living in Europe on how to engage and lead pro-environmental change.

The Toolkit on Pro-Environmental Youth Engagement provides hands on guidance on how to take sustainable action and engage in eco-friendly behavior on four different levels: an individual, local & national, international and (social-media) communication level. The toolkit was developed by young authors under the Youth Empowerment and Training Initiatives (YETI) in Europe by UNEP-EU’s Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Multilateral Environmental Agreements 3 Programme (ACP MEAs 3), coinciding with 2022 being declared as the European Year of Youth.

Date and Time: Friday, October 21^st, 2022; 10:00-12:00 (CEST)

Location: Online event

The event will cover these four main areas:

1. Tips for behavioral changes towards a more sustainable lifestyle at home
2. How to take sustainable actions in your community, school, university or country
3. Engaging in pro-environmental change on an EU- and international level
4. Leading pro-environmental change through effective (social media) communication 

Event Agenda

10:00 – 10:15       Welcome remarks – UNEP, EU, OACPS Secretariat 

10:15 – 10:40       Presentation of 2 focal areas of the Toolkit by youth authors 

Pro-environmental youth engagement on: 1) individual; 2) local/national level ( + 5min Q&A after second presentation) 

10:40 – 10:55       BREAK

10:55 – 11:20       Presentation of 2 focal areas of the Toolkit by Youth Authors – 

Pro-environmental youth engagement on 1) EU/international; 2) social media communication level ( + 5min Q&A after second presentation)

11:20 – 11:35       Discussions 

11:35 – 11:50       Future plans on youth engagement from ACP MEAs 3 program 

11:50 – 12:00       Q&A

Register for the event here - Participation in the event is open to all!

We would highly appreciate if you could help us reach and empower as many young people as possible by sharing this invitation with your youth networks and colleagues!