Youth actors in earth politics: inventory and characterization
(2022) International Studies Association Annual Convention — Location: online
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Kang, Yi hyun 
- Abstract
- Environmental degradation is one of the greatest challenges faced by humanity, but the current global politics struggle to implement collective solutions. In this context, young people have recently entered the international political arena. Greta Thunberg, a young woman, attracted massive attention on climate change at UN conferences. Furthermore, many youth organizations are active. Since 2011, YOUNGO is the official youth umbrella group at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Global Youth Biodiversity Network presents its views at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conferences. Also, major environmental non-governmental organizations are opening youth branches. While youth representation unfolds with unprecedented speed and scope, there is no comprehensive scientific knowledge of the formal participation of youth in international environmental negotiations. This paper aims to fill this gap. As the first step of a four-year project on youth in earth politics, it proposes the first systematic inventory of youth actors in the UNFCCC, CBD, and sustainable development goals’ negotiations between 1992-2021. This database enables discussing youth actors’ engagement formats, representativeness, autonomy, and capacities to participate in the international political game. This paper will also show the potential link between the informal actions of youth and formal international policy-making.
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Orsini, A., & Kang, Y. h. (2022). Youth actors in earth politics: inventory and characterization. International Studies Association Annual Convention, online.