SEO Riders:
– Philippine youth champion climate solutions
– Youth-led e-mobility and biodiversity innovation
– International Youth Day 2025 Philippines insights
Around 200 young changemakers gathered at De La Salle University on August 11, 2025, to celebrate International Youth Day, embraced by the iconic Filipino phrase, “kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan.” Organized by the UNIDO Country Office with Clean Air Asia and BAN Toxics, the event—“Mobilise & Ignite Youth Action: Advancing Sustainable Solutions for the Triple Planetary Crisis Through Innovation and Partnership”—placed youth at the forefront of driving solutions to climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
Highlights included:
– Youth Talks, featuring innovators like Ramyr Angeles, co-founder of Mobility Vision+(promoting sustainable urban mobility), and John Sherwin Felix, a photographer-activist raising awareness on food biodiversity.
– Interactive social media zones, empowering participants to create and share digital content through the Your Reel, Your Role: Be the Solution! contest.
– Two distinct Solutions Lab workshops: Harnessing Youth Potential in E-Mobility, focused on how young people can pursue careers in electric transport. A workshop centered on reducing mercury in healthcare waste, backed by UNIDO’s GEF-funded projects in partnership with BAN Toxics and DENR-EMB. This gathering underscores how Filipino youth are stepping up not just as stakeholders but as creative leaders in shaping a sustainable future.
