SDGs Localization By and For Youth through Digital Innovation
The UN recognized that to be able to fully implement the SDGs there is need of action starting from the local level and who best then young people can help doing that?
Keys of SDGs Localization:
engagement of youths: there is the need of active people
education: provide the tools to take action and take decisions
creating awareness
scaling up the implementation of the projects
figure out the interrelation between local action and global goals
Existing examples around the world of youth engagement:
International Youth Conference: the aim is to reach youths on-site especially in the Global South and make them engaged as well as part of the process of UN measures
South-North Scholars: youth-led network of students and professionals to develop global opportunities that enable youth to be thought partners in solving humanity's critical development challenges
Major Group for Children and Youth at the United Nations
AFS Intercultural Programs: international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world
Blockchain for Claimate Founfation: the goal is connecting the National Carbon Accounts of the world to enable cross-border collaboration in emissions reductions.
Blockchain and digital innovation can contribute to the fight against climate change by:
Providing transparent carbon accounting and ensuring supply chain transparency, all managing and sharing climate data securely
Facilitating renewable energy trading and automating climate agreements with smart contracts, offering at the same time climate-positive incentives
Reducing fraud and greenwashing
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