Youth climate champion says important to involve youth in ensuring climate action transparency

Ensuring transparency of climate actions can help understand climate change, and the main goal is to involve youth and children in this process, Leyla Hasanova, the youth climate champion for COP29 in Azerbaijan, said at a side event within the framework of the Pre-COP29 conference.

Report quotes her as saying transparency is key to assessing the effectiveness of climate plans for children and youth around the world: "And it can really provide young people with an opportunity to participate in climate processes."

Leyla Hasanova recalled that as part of an initiative implemented this year as the chair of COP29, a summer camp for young educators on combating climate change was organized jointly with UNDP in Azerbaijan.

"We successfully held a camp for 75 young educators from 35 countries around the world. We brought them together, and we had amazing three-day trainings where they received detailed information about climate change, why it's happening, and how young educators can cope with it, return to their countries, and educate their children, youth, and students," she noted.

The youth climate advocate also emphasized that transparency will become the cornerstone of mutual trust and accountability as parties strive for more ambitious national climate plans in the run-up to COP29 and beyond.