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I do 30 loves to hear about climate initiatives that can make a difference. So when 3,000,000,000 children and young people demand a far-reaching new climate agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), we have to share it.

Of course three billion youngsters can’t just walk up to the politicians and demand change, so 800 participants from over 100 countries are representing them at the Tunza International Children and Youth Conference, which will take place in The Republic of Korea next month.

This will be the biggest youth gathering on climate change ever. The generation that will inherit the planet requires a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable future and demand that their governments agree on a new climate agreement at COP15.

We hope the politicians will listen to the kids, because they really have something to say. Just take a look at this girl, who spoke at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992: