“Whether it is in engagement with leaders, political leaders, exposure to other ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) youths, or getting training and development opportunities available in our national SkillsFuture framework, we’d like to equip them with knowledge, with skill sets, and with understanding,” she said.
Youths have a longer runway ahead of them, she noted.
“They’re able to think about challenges that are two, three decades out that require solutions that really require long-term thinking and implementation,” she said.
“So we thought that they will be a really important stakeholder in this journey of climate action.”
YOUTH ADVOCACY “POWERFUL”
Among these young stakeholders picked to join Ms Fu at the UN is Ms Farah Sanwari, a youth leader behind several sustainability projects like Repair Kopitiam that promotes fixing broken appliances instead of throwing them away.
“I noticed that there were gaps in how we address sustainability issues in Singapore, particularly in consumption back when I was still a student,” she told CNA.