16 July 2018
HLPF Side Event Celebrates Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors
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The event enabled the sharing of experiences from the Peace Boat’s Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors Programme.

Satyendra Prasad, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN, expressed hope that the youth ambassadors help accelerate efforts at the UN to achieve the SDGs.

The SDG Action Campaign and Peace Boat signed an MoU at the closing of the event.

13 July 2018: On Friday, 13 July 2018, on the sidelines of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the Permanent Mission of Palau to the UN and Peace Boat organized a side event on global partnerships for youth engagement, education and sustainable tourism to achieve the SDGs.

The event titled, ‘Global Partnerships for Education, Youth Engagement and Sustainable Tourism,’ also enabled the sharing of experiences from Peace Boat’s Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors Programme, which was announced at the Ocean Conference in June 2017 as a voluntary commitment towards implementation of SDG 14 (life below water).

During the event, Satyendra Prasad, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN, expressed hope that the youth ambassadors help accelerate efforts at the UN to achieve the SDGs. Speakers also urged the ambassadors to continue generating impacts in their countries among young people, governments, universities and others, based on the their experiences during the Peace Boat journey.

Peace Boat’s Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassadors Programme is a knowledge sharing platform on climate change and ocean degradation.

Speakers also emphasized: the role of education in addressing climate change; the Ambassadors Programme as a knowledge sharing platform on climate change and ocean degradation; the need for more platforms for youth to share views and experiences; the need for the ambassadors to continue generating impacts in their countries; the importance of data and surveys that help governments understand what is happening with regard to the SDGs; and the MYWorld 2030 Survey to bring youth voices to UN conferences.

The SDG Action Campaign and Peace Boat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the closing of the event.

Peace Boat, a Japan-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that works to promote peace, human rights, equal and sustainable development, and respect for the environment, undertakes its main activities through a chartered passenger ship that travels the world on peace voyages. [IISD RS Coverage of Side Event on Global Partnerships for Education, Youth Engagement and Sustainable Tourism] [Peace Boat Website] [MYWorld 2030 Survey]


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