UNICEF TARGETS 100,000 YOUTHS FOR CLIMATE ACTION BY 2025.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has unveiled plans to launch an initiative to mobilize 100,000 Nigerian youths for climate action by 2025 under its Green Rising program.
The Initiative aims to promote environmental sustainability and combat climate change through tree planting, plastic waste recycling, and youth engagement.
UNICEF's Chief of Field Office in Kano, Rahama Farah, who highlighted the critical role children and young people play in safeguarding the planet's future, stressed the need to address plastic pollution, which disrupts ecosystems, threatens marine life, and contributes to climate change.
Farah said the initiative encourages young people to become change agents by refusing single-use plastics, using reusable containers, and engaging in environmental advocacy.
He added that UNICEF aims to plant 100,000 trees, recycle 100,000 kilograms of plastic waste, and engage 100,000 young people in environmental action across Nigeria by 2025.
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