Like last year, English teacher Conrado Simon from Instituto de Educación Secundaria (IES) Gran Capitán in Madrid contacted IYNF to collaborate on a task for his students for Earth Day (22nd April). The high school students should write an...
European/Prague Spring 2020 webinars 25. – 26. April, 2020 IYNF was one of the co-organisers of the webinars that took place last weekend (25.-26. April) as the replacement of the conference that is bearing the same name and has...
COP 25 was held in Madrid at the end of last year. We attended with Young Naturefriends and worked hard to fight for more climate action. But what did we actually do? Our focus this year was on cooperating...
Interview with indigenous leader Juan Carlos Jintiach By: Miriam Candelas & Lisa Hofmann The UN Climate Summit – COP25 – is currently taking place from 2nd until 13th December in Madrid. After civic unrest the event had to be...
A position paper from IYNF to the Romanian government, who holds the EU Presidency until June 2019. We urge the government to protect virgin forest areas in Romania within the time of its presidency. Stop illegal logging in Romanian...
About young people raising their voice; Brazil’s dark times regarding climate policies; the progress within the Talanoa Dialogue launched at COP23; bilateral meetings with UN Envoy on Youth; a Village of Hope and the 30th anniversary of the IPCC....
Wrap-up Meeting of the Preparatory Phase A high-level event at the COP24 to finish the preparational framework of the Talanoa Dialogue structure used in further COP. “Talanoa is a traditional word used in Fiji and across the Pacific to reflect...
Read the full contribution from young climate activist, Greta Thunberg, to the Secretary-General meeting at COP24. “For 25 years, countless people have stood in front of the United Nations climate conferences, asking our nations’ leaders to stop the emissions....
Communities on the frontlines of a post-coal future in Central and Eastern Europe For decades, the coal mining sector has played a key role in the economic development of Central and Eastern European countries, ensuring an autonomous energy sufficiency...
Do you remember the young girl from Sweden, that went on school strike for climate? She is a climate hero already and is attending a lot of events on raising awareness on climate change issues. Since 2016 she decided...