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| Sat, 17th Apr 2021 14:58:00 |
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Welsh election 2021: 'Empower young people to save Wales' beauty' |
Young climate activists are calling on their peers to use their vote to "amplify and empower the youth voice".
Two members of the Youth Climate Ambassadors for Wales said if politicians did not listen to young voters "they could be out of a job".
They added that it would change the perception of young people as "naughty, immature or not as knowledgeable".
In May, people aged 16 and 17 will be able to vote in the Welsh Parliament election for the first time.
Shenona Mitra, 17, from Bangor, and Poppy Stowell-Evans, 16, from Newport, said the impact of young activists like Greta Thunberg had fuelled the passion of other young people to campaign for the environment.
They said it had also put climate change on the agenda of world leaders who now had no choice but to listen to their younger voters.
Shenona, who is vice-chair of the Youth Climate Ambassadors for Wales and plans to study medicine, said: "For quite a long time the youth voice has been overlooked. The youth voice is extremely important, not only do we bring a new perspective, but I believe we're also a lot more engaged than people would believe.
"With issues like climate change, I think it's even more important to involve the youth voice because this is something that will affect future generations, my generation, more than it will affect older people."
The apolitical group of 12 climate change activists is supported by charity Size of Wales and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA).
They have already taken part in a mock United Nations climate change conference and have drawn up their own manifesto with six key focus points, including deforestation.
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