Nordic Youth Position Paper on Biodiversity
Coordinated and co-wrote a policy paper based on opinions from 2,300 Nordic youth. The results were presented to Nordic politicians and environmental ministers. The work was nominated as Young Environmental Hero of the Year 2020 by WWF Sweden.
Context
The paper and its statistics are based on data and opinions collected from January 2020 to March 2021, through youth actions conducted as part of a project on youth engagement in biodiversity and the UN CBD by the Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Council. The actions include youth workshops in Denmark, Finland with participants from the Aland Islands, Sweden, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Sapmi, as well as an online survey with over 2,200 youth respondents from all of the Nordic countries and autonomous areas.
The paper presents views and recommendations from the consulted Nordic youth regarding involvement, adequate education, fair transformation, ecological footprint, responsible production, and the upcoming Global Biodiversity Framework.