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“We are the action,” says a Brazilian climate activist

Brazilian activist Paloma Costa is creating a new generation of young people committed to climate activism. At the age of 27, she led the Brazilian delegation to the Youth Climate Summit in 2019 and coordinated the Climate Working Group in Engajamundo, which invited young people. participate in “Fridays for Future” and climate strikes. The organization was born in the wake of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio 20. At the event, which took place nearly 10 years ago, many other young people felt that their perspectives had not been sufficiently represented through global leaders and UN agencies.

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