by Anna Teresa Steiner & Jasmin Kunze (Urban Innovation Vienna) Across Europe, the urgency to address the climate crisis is growing. Yet the implementation of meaningful climate action continues to lag what science demands. This gap is not primarily due to missing technologies or insufficient knowledge, but because of systemic fragmentation: policies that contradict each
By YES-Europe's COP30 Project Lead and German Youth Delegate to the UNFCCC Caterina Bittendorf Coming home from COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, it's time to rewind and reflect. Safe to say, COP30 was historic in its symbolism: Nestled in the Amazon rainforest, it marked the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and was billed as
YES-Europe has been represented in-person by one of our COP30 Project Leads Caterina Bittendorf at COP30 in Belem, Brazil this month, who has had the pleasure of attending, observing, organising, producing content and speaking at numerous press conferences, side events and discussions as part of our advocacy campaigns for Green Jobs and Gender Action Caterina's
By YES-Europe COP30 Project Lead Caterina Bittendorf Every November, the world gathers to confront its greatest existential challenge of our time: climate crisis. The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is more than a summit - it’s a commitment to combat the climate crisis and ensure
YES-Europe and EYEN team built roadmap through participatory research YES-Europe and the European Youth Energy Network (EYEN) present their recommendations for COP30. YES-Europe's COP30 team, led by Amaryllis Perotti and Caterina Bittendorf, and supported by EYEN coordinators Marion Revest and Leonardo Cangelmi, developed a green jobs advocacy roadmap over several months using participatory research with
The inaugural Nordic Youth and Children Climate Conference (NYCCC) concluded this weekend in Stockholm, Sweden, marking a historic milestone in child- and youth-led climate advocacy across the Nordic region. Over the course of three dynamic days, young delegates from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Greenland and Sweden came together to confront the climate crisis - the