ActNowFilm: youth climate leaders in conversation with climate experts

Fri Dec 08 2023 at 03:00 pm to 04:30 pm

Terra Auditorium, COP28 Green Zone, Expo City Dubai | Dubai

Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
Publisher/HostInstitute for Policy Research (IPR)
ActNowFilm: youth climate leaders in conversation with climate experts
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Join us at COP28 for the premiere of ActNowFilm - a clarion call for the integration of young people in climate decision-making processes.
About this Event

Premiering in the Green Zone at COP28, ActNowFilm: youth climate leaders in conversation with climate experts is a short film featuring 1-2-1 conversations between youth climate leaders and world-leading climate experts. It aims to act as a clarion call for the integration of young people into national climate negotiating teams and global climate decision-making processes.

The film features prominent youth climate leaders including Pamela EA, Inés Yábar, Renata Koch Alvarenga, Angela Busheska, Nicc Moeono and Dinh-Long Pham in conversation with world-leading climate experts including Christiana Figueres, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Professor Katharine Hayhoe, Dr Myrna Cunningham Kain, Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Sir David King and Professor Johan Rockström.

Participants come from every continent, except Antarctica, with representation from 33 countries and include leaders from indigenous communities, business, policy, activism, academia, the third sector and international organisations.

The premiere of the film will be accompanied by a panel discussion.

Please note that you will need Green Zone access in order to join us for this event. If you are attending COP28 and need help with acquiring a Green Zone pass for this event , please get in touch with the ActNowFilm project team via .


Panelists:


  • Mary Robinson, Chair of the Elders, Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Moliehi Mafantiri, Environmental scientist, co-founder of Barali, Lesotho
  • Dawda Cham, Deputy Executive Director of HELP-Gambia, The Gambia
  • Dr Amy Munro-Faure, Co-Director of ActNowFilm, Head of Education and Student Engagement, Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge
  • Amy Thompson, Co-Director of ActNowFilm, Head of Policy Programmes and Communications, University of Bath Institute for Policy Research


The ActNowFilm project is run by the University of Bath and , with support from the and in partnership with .

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Terra Auditorium, COP28 Green Zone, Expo City Dubai, Al Wasl Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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