Youth Leadership: Ocean and Climate Action for the UN Ocean Decade

This side event to the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum will highlight the Youth for SDGs program for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Youth leaders from around the world will share the work they are doing for ocean and climate action, with a focus on science education, and Peace Boat will highlight their recent global voyage to Patagonia and Antarctica, celebrating the International Year of Glaciers' preservation with UNESCO. Discussions will be followed by a series of short film screenings related to youth empowerment for the UN Ocean Decade.

13:00 - Welcome

Speakers include:MC: -Emilie McGlone, Director of Peace Boat US

-Mr. Rodrigo Mundaca, Regional Governor of Valparaíso, Chile

-Jeremy Raguain, Senior Programme Officer, BBNJ Agreement, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Youth voices : Future and Present

-Ilona Da Cruz Gerngross, Youth for SDGs scholar from France

-Jackson Weill, Peace Boat US Youth Representative

-Ahmed Elsayed, Global Kids, Youth Representative from COP 29

- Jose Maidana, Peace Boat US - Youth for SDGs

Ocean and Innovation

-Shannen Henry, Council on Sustainable Fashion and Design of Grenada

-Noemi Florea, Creatives for Our Future programme alumni

-Marina Testino, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Earth Partner

-Andrea Reyes, Executive Director of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition

14:00 - Film screenings for the UN Ocean Decade:

Introduction by Emy Kane from Lonely Whale

- "Special preview of Seaweed Stories, narrated by Forest Whitaker and presented by Lonely Whale in association with Re:wild, before its global release in June for UN World Oceans Day"

- Film screening of "HOPE" by Luis Barreto - Peace Boat's Youth for SDGs Arctic program

- Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador film by Ryan Carl, Peace Boat

-Blue Planet Alliance "The Story of Hawaii - working towards 100% Renewable Energy"

- Peace Boat's Ecoship, sailing for sustainability

- Oceanic Global film preview with introduction

Partnership Announcements:

• Exhibition by Fair Trade Fashion Coalition
• Xprize - Special Youth Announcement by Meredith Morris for design thinking

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