After two weeks of talks, negotiators appear on the verge of a breakthrough global deal to address climate change. But with every word of a now nearly 30-page document being parsed by nearly 200 countries, talks have pushed past the Friday evening deadline into the weekend.
Past the suited diplomats working to make a deal at the Paris summit on climate change are many other voices working to be heard. These Millennials are going to be the real movers and shakers as the next generation has to tackle the real challenges of climate change. We feature their voices here.
The World Bank finances major infrastructure for developing countries, with a primary focus on reducing poverty. In recent years it has recognized the need to address climate change. At the Paris climate conference, the World Bank worked with both public and private sources to fund action on climate change and help vulnerable nations adapt to and mitigate the effects of global warming.
Sue Natali is a climate scientist who’ll be making a presentation at the Paris climate talks this week. Her son Clancy is a 17-year-old student whose school trip to the conference was cancelled after the Paris attacks. But he’s going with his mom anyway, because he feels climate change is an issue that his generation has to take action on.