Eirini Sakellari

Biodiversity Environmental Sustainability

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Eirini Sakellari, is a Youth Assistant Coordinator at the Global Landscapes Forum, focusing on ecosystem restoration, youth involvement in environmental policy, and climate justice. She holds Bachelor’s in Chemistry, Master’s in Environmental Sciences and also pursues Master's in Degrowth and Ecological Economics.

Eirini Sakellari

Jul 02 2022

Destination 2030: young people’s vision for European biodiversity policy

Illuminem Voices

Environmental Sustainability · Climate Change

The first Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity – also known as the “Biodiversity COP” – took place in the Bahamas in the late autumn of 1994. Almost thirty years later, young people are involved more than ever in this policy space, through the official coordination platform for youth in these negotiations, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN).