Objectives
- Launch the Youth Summary of GWMO 2024: Introduce the English version of the Youth Summary to a global audience, making the crucial insights and data more accessible to young people worldwide.
- Showcase Youth Leadership: Highlight the efforts and innovations of young leaders in waste management, providing them with a platform to share their experiences and inspire others.
- Raise Awareness: Discuss the waste pollution crisis in depth, emphasizing the urgency and the need for collective action to address this global challenge.
- Encourage Collaborative Solutions: Foster a dialogue among youth, experts and relevant stakeholders to collaborate on sustainable solutions for waste management and promote a circular economy.
Speakers
- Kakuko Nagatani-Yoshida, Global Coordinator of Chemicals and Pollution Action Sub-programme, UNEP
- Zoë Lenkiewicz, Lead Author of GWMO2024
- Aseel Abo-Taleb, Thematic Facilitator of chemicals, waste and pollution, CYMG
- Kartik Kapoor, Independent Waste Management Consultant
- Katrin Miyazawa, Youth Environmental Activist, Social Entrepreneur
- Gary Bencheghib, Environmental-and-water Activist and Filmmaker
- Alejandro Luque, Civil Society Regional Facilitator for LAC to UNEP
- Janna Radi Mohamed, Translational Health Researcher, Environmental Health Activist (Moderator)
