CF 2022 | There is No Plan(et) B

The challenges of climate change are acute in the Eastern Mediterranean, a hotspot of rising temperatures. Climate change prompts collaboration and interconnectivity, yet the region is unconnected and steeped in conflict. How do young people see the challenges of climate change and what needs to be done? We compare attitudes and activism among young people in Greece and Cyprus, based on original fieldwork research. What do they think needs to be done? How does politics need to change? What might result from giving youth a stronger voice on this key agenda for the future? ELIAMEP and the Hellenic Observatory bring together experts to help us understand what may change.

Knowledge Partners: LSE Hellenic Observatory, ELIAMEP

Panellists:
Cleopatra Kitti, ELIAMEP Senior Policy Advisor

Lydia Avrami, ELIAMEP Research Fellow

Othon Kaminaris, ELIAMEP Junior Research Fellow

Spyros Spyrou, Professor of Anthropology, European University Cyprus

Eleni Theodorou, Associate Professor, European University Cyprus

Discussant: Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics

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The Cyprus Forum seeks to become a lever and catalyst for change through discussions and debate leading to commitments, actions and ultimately outcomes that will improve and promote sustainable and socially responsible policy in Cyprus and the wider Eastern Mediterranean region. It brings together national and international political leaders, important figures from the public and the private sector, the media, academia and civil society with the aim of initiating dialogue, exchanging ideas and finding new and creative solutions to key areas of public policy.