How becoming a Young Global Changer helped a policy expert from Kazakhstan broaden reception of her ideas
Read the interview about the impact of the GS Summer School on Yelena Novikova´s professional life.
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Meet Sivendra Michael, the young Fijian fighting to save his island home from climate change
An interview by Ken Fullerton (YGC 2017). Learn more about the work of Sivendra Michael, a Young Global Changer from Fiji, who has designed programs to raise awareness for climate change issues.
Turning cactuses and fruit leftovers into bioplastics
Minerva Valier Camacho, a Young Global Changer from Mexico, is developing a new solution to minimize the global problem of plastic waste.
Manchester’s Invisible Tour Guides
By Léonce Gamaï (YGC, 2019) Founded in October 2017 by a 21-year-old Briton, Invisible (Manchester) trains homeless people as tour guides and public speakers. The social enterprise of the Young Global Changer aims at having a global impact through local actions. “The YGC program and the Global Solutions Summit have been one of the most exciting experiences of my life. I feel honored to have been selected to be part of such a prestigious program,” says Alice Sparks
A not-so-Global Solutions Summit?
The Young Global Changers Summer School in Berlin was a truly global gathering of young changemakers. I had the privilege and honor to be selected to attend the program, where 90 young leaders from all over the world came together to brainstorm on solutions to the SDGs, in view of the G20 Japanese presidency.
Multilateralism: Under siege but worth saving
In her keynote speech at the Global Solutions Summit, Chancellor Merkel emphasized the importance of supporting multilateralism while maintaining respect for national autonomy. The threats facing multilateralism today were highlighted, most notably the recent rise of populism and the potential for clashes between national and international powers.
Putting a price on carbon
Carbon pricing means putting a price on carbon emissions to mitigate global climate change. A carbon tax is a form of carbon pricing. Another option is a permit-based emissions trading system (ETS). The European Union created the EU ETS, the world’s first major carbon market on which companies are allowed a limited number of emission permits. It helped the EU put a cap on the level of greenhouse gas emissions.
Radical rethinking: Circular economy as the ultimate paradigm shift
When we talk about a paradigm shift, we are talking about a complete reimagining of the systems that exist: social, economic and environmental. We, Young Global Changers participating in the summit, were both surprised and somewhat disappointed at the lack of discourse concerning the circular economy, a system that emanates paradigm change.
Gender-based violence: A ticking time bomb for the global community
From the shores of Africa, into the very core of American culture and to the heart of Europe, the problem of ‘gender-based violence’ has woven itself into our global narratives. Gender-based violence exists and is perpetuated in varying degrees and dimensions.
Predicting Health Care
Before you can prevent something, you need to predict it. Meaning, you always need a good forecast of a future situation in order to know if and which preventive mesaures are needed. This is also true for health care. In West Africa predictive models have effectively been used for disease outbreaks such as the Ebola outbreak in 2014.