What is youth-washing and how to avoid it?

Young people today are reinforcing that their involvement in environmental governance and action should not simply constitute social media retweets, youth-dedicated side events or ornaments on adult panel discussions to ‘tick a box.’

We are the generation that needs to be empowered with a seat at the decision-making table and the tools and processes to meaningfully add value at that table.

Aggregating insights from more than 600 young leaders across 67 countries, this playbook provides insights for adults allies and decision-makers into the key trends of the youth environmental movement so that they may effectively make space for them, not as a symbolic gesture, but as active participants in today’s policy decisions, that will dictate our shared future.

UNEP will be hosting an interactive dialogue to unpack these key findings early next year, so stay tuned for more information!