Jersey Hosts Youth Climate Change Summit

A Youth Climate Change Summit, which saw the participation of more than 100 schoolchildren, was recently held in Jersey. The event occurred on Thursday and was spearheaded by the Government of Jersey. Jane Burns, the climate change engagement manager, indicated that although the island had provided “a lot of carbon literacy training,” there was an aim to undertake “something different.” She elaborated, “We thought we would do a youth summit and bring together lots of young people from different secondary schools to teach them about climate change.” Ms Burns further stated: “The Carbon Literacy Project is a global movement and they really help people understand climate change.” She continued, “So it goes through the basics of what climate change is, how we know it is happening, but what we like about it is there is a degree of positivity so it empowers people so they can realise the differences they can make in their own lives.” According to Ms Burns, the summit directly supported the island’s carbon literacy strategy. She stressed: “It’s really important to us that islanders understand why it’s so important that we are tackling climate change.” She added, “Jersey is a tiny, tiny community but this is about how we have a global impact.” Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to channel.islands@bbc.co.uk.Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.