Lova Renée at COP 30: “In addition to firm decisions, urgent action is needed.”
Belém, Brazil. During her participation in COP 30, UNICEF Child Advocate Lova Renée called on all participants to act now to reduce the devastating impacts of climate change on children.
Belém, Brazil. During her participation in COP 30, UNICEF Child Advocate Lova Renée called on all participants to act now to reduce the devastating impacts of climate change on children. She emphasized that the climate crisis is a crisis of children's rights, highlighting their vulnerability to the situation and the importance of considering them as key actors for change. A look back at her advocacy in pictures.
Together with other young children involved in the fight against climate change in their countries, Lova Renée addressed the international media to call on leaders to listen to the voices of young people and children. “They are the first to suffer disproportionately from the impact of climate change,” she said.
"At events such as COP30, it is essential to create spaces for exchange and discussion with children and young people so that they can share their realities, but also their dreams and ideas. This will contribute in a concrete way to decisions on how to better address climate change,“ argued Lova Renée during the side event organized by the Alana Institute entitled ”COP 30, the legacy for children and climate policy."
“In my region, cyclones are becoming more violent every year. Classes are suspended because schools are destroyed or flooded. We don't study for several weeks, and this affects our level of education, which we can't always catch up on,” says Lova Renée. She was speaking during her participation in a panel discussion on “education networks at the heart of climate adaptation and resilience strategies,” where the discussion focused on concrete examples of programs and activities to ensure the continuity of education even during natural disasters.
In Belém, Lova Renée also meets with the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Minister of Youth and Sports. She urges the government to take a close look at the situation of children, who are the first victims of the effects of climate change.
A Bélem, Lova Renée échange aussi avec le ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable ainsi que celui de la Jeunesse et des Sports. Elle plaide pour que le gouvernement regarde de près la situation des enfants qui sont les premières victimes des effets du changement climatique.
Lova Renée also meets Tamara Klink—in the white top—a Brazilian sailor and writer, the first young woman known to have spent the winter alone in the Arctic and the youngest Brazilian to cross the Atlantic Ocean sailing solo. “She is an inspiration in terms of what young people can achieve with perseverance,” she says.
