Chennai: In the run up to the COP26 in Glasgow, British Council has published the Global Youth Letter Report. The report states that young people around the world unanimously consider climate change to be the biggest threat facing the planet.
The report highlights a gap in relation to young voices being heard and their ability to influence actionable change.
Young people in India between 18-25 years of age, were surveyed for the Global Youth Letter Report, through 946 surveys and 80 focus groups.The report found that 78 per cent of the youth in India feel equipped to act against issues arising from climate change like the loss of forest cover, decreased agriculture productivity, dry seasons, rises in temperature, uneven rainfall pattern and loss of biodiversity.
However, the research indicates that finding opportunities for participationinsolving such issues is also a challenge faced by the youth of the country, because of limited digital access, hierarchical social cultures that exclude young people, and a lack of access to training and skills development.