The youth-led workshop is targeted at young advocates, passionate about climate and health and will aim to reflect on COP26, amongst other issues related to planetary health. The workshop is funded as part of the project ‘Youth Voices for Planetary Health’ through a grant from the Wellcome Trust. The grant focus relates to the Wellcome Trust’s Health Climate Network (HCN) which is an alliance of organisations working to put positive health outcomes at the centre of responses to the climate crisis. The Network advocates for evidence-based policy solutions that save lives and improve global health and has produced a series of briefings and key messages.
Youth Voices for Planetary Health’ aims to support and amplify youth voices around the HCN messages, and the workshop will serve as a platform to discuss the HCN’s messaging, refine it for collective youth advocacy and co-create new strategies to support the HCN’s priorities in 2022 through the production of a youth advocacy toolkit. The event will give individuals a chance to network with like-minded people, hear from experts, and contribute to the production of an advocacy toolkit to support other young changemakers who are working towards a better future.
This event will advance action on the 5 key policy recommendations from the HCN's briefing: 'Diet and Food Systems for Health, Climate and Planet'
Objectives
- To facilitate youth networking and discussion in the health and climate advocacy space
- To guide the production of an advocacy toolkit outlining how youth can advocate for change in Diet and Food Systems for Health, Climate, and the Planet
Pre-read materials: Wellcome Trust Policy Brief – Diet and Food Systems for Health, Climate and Planet
