Youth climate action includes activism, education, careers, community projects and formal participation in the institutions shaping climate policy.
The role of the United Nations in climate change is to coordinate treaties, negotiations, reporting, science and finance—not govern national climate policy.
Climate justice asks who caused climate change, who suffers most, who should pay for action and how costs and benefits can be shared fairly.
The role of government in climate action includes setting rules, investing in infrastructure, managing climate risks and turning targets into policy.
The Kyoto Protocol created binding emissions targets, carbon markets and compliance rules that shaped the global climate system before Paris.
