Youth Climate Voices

This 24-year-old is a Canadian delegate at the summit running from June 26 to June 28.

As the founder of Kanin Energy, she works with heavy industry to reduce and harness wasted energy generated from their industrial processes for their own use so they draw less from the grid. 

As a lawyer, 32-year-old Christie McLeod believes her profession has an ethical obligation to advise clients to advance climate justice. 

Abigail Hunter helps the Biden administration understand the advantages of doing business with the province of Quebec.

Chris White’s PhD thesis aims to help us reduce and reuse electric vehicle batteries.

On Nov. 1, Abby Herd helped lead a group of Simon Fraser University students over the finish line as they won an eight-year campaign to persuade the administration to divest from fossil fuels by 2025.

Meet Lisa Chen, who wanted to use her biology degree to fight climate change but had trouble finding a relevant job.

This 29-year-old Montrealer has invented a board game called Solutions so adults and kids can have fun while they use science to learn how to do their part to save the planet.

Alison Gu knows politicians must make decisions now to save humanity. So at 24 years old, she became one.

As a senior field technician at Coastal Action, the 29-year-old sees coastal conservation as important climate mitigation and adaptation.

As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in addressing the climate crisis, writer Patricia Lane interviews Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky, who has realized the power of art and stories in easing climate angst.

Patricia Lane interviews Gitxsan youth Shay Lynn Sampson who is doing her part to ensure the Coastal GasLink pipeline never gets built.

As the co-ordinator of the Common Ground project for Community Forests International, Dani Miller uses knowledge-sharing and storytelling to support the 80,000 family landowners in the Wabanaki forest in climate-smart forest management to protect their land for generations.

Patricia Lane interviews Junaid Shahzad Khan, who uses his training in ecology to empower communities to weave their own ancient stories with western science to build a better future.

Laska Paré turns coffee cup lids into soap dishes. No, she’s not a magician. This 33-year-old started Flipside Plastics as a circular economic enterprise, recycling plastics on Vancouver Island.