Perspectiva y Demandas de YOUNGO Health sobre las Negociaciones Climáticas

A statement by the YOUNGO Health Working Group emphasizing the necessity of meaningful youth participation in climate and health negotiations to facilitate an ecological recovery post-COVID-19 and to address the climate crisis as a health emergency.

• YOUNGO serves as the official youth representation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), coordinating working groups to ensure youth perspectives are integrated into climate negotiations. It was fully recognized at COP17 in Durban, South Africa.
• Youth have acted as frontline health workers and mental health promoters during the pandemic, with specific examples including Bengali and Rohingya youth preventing COVID-19 infections in Bazar de Cox, and medical students in Peru collaborating with the Ministry of Health since February 2021 to increase young adult participation in health promotion and mental health programs.
• The document highlights the link between planetary and human health, citing The Lancet's designation of climate change as the greatest global health threat of the 21st century. It references a study suggesting climate change-driven variations in global bat diversity may be linked to the zoonotic emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2.
• The YOUNGO Health Working Group demands that governments recognize climate change as a health emergency and increase accountability in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to meet Paris Agreement goals. They advocate for the inclusion of non-state actors and youth in decision-making processes, noting that medical student pressure led the University of Massachusetts to divest from fossil fuels in May 2016.

APA

Iturregui, R. S., & Mariyam, D. (2021). Perspectiva y Demandas de YOUNGO Health sobre las Negociaciones Climáticas. Global Climate and Health Alliance. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/

Chicago

Iturregui, Rodrigo Sánchez, and Deena Mariyam. Perspectiva y Demandas de YOUNGO Health sobre las Negociaciones Climáticas. Global Climate and Health Alliance, 2021. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Iturregui |first1=Rodrigo Sánchez |last2=Mariyam |first2=Deena |title=Perspectiva y Demandas de YOUNGO Health sobre las Negociaciones Climáticas |publisher=Global Climate and Health Alliance |date=20 September 2021 |url=https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{iturregui2021perspectiva, author = {Iturregui, Rodrigo Sánchez and Mariyam, Deena}, title = {{Perspectiva y Demandas de YOUNGO Health sobre las Negociaciones Climáticas}}, publisher = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }