Sophia Lindfield flips through a copy of the 2024 progress report on Nova Scotia's efforts to protect the environment and curb climate change. She and the other members of the inaugural youth climate council grace the front cover.
Nova Scotia's youth climate council is supposed to ensure young voices are heard and their advice is taken seriously. Members of the inaugural council gave mixed reviews of whether it achieved what it was supposed to.Sophia Lindfield flips through a copy of the 2024 progress report on Nova Scotia's environmental action. She and the other members of the first youth climate council grace the front cover.
The council is made up of people ages 14 to 24 from across Nova Scotia. From September to June, they met regularly with each other and government officials, including three meetings with Environment Minister Tim Halman. Some fell in the middle, expressing satisfaction with the opportunity to see how the government works, but uncertainty over whether their input was taken seriously.
She said she was hopeful when she walked into the council's first meeting last fall, but had some misgivings."As a young person, it can definitely go a couple of different ways. I have had super-positive experiences, but unfortunately tokenization is pretty rampant in political circles, especially for youth climate activists."
"It worked out really, really well," Oyedijo said in an interview, pointing to a visit from Education Minister Becky Druhan at one of the council's meetings.Nova Scotia is supposed to get off coal and double its current renewable energy use by 2030. In an email to CBC, council member Chloe Duguay praised the establishment of a youth climate bursary.
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