It’s not often you get to talk about GIS, facebook, and MTV all at once. But then, it’s not often that youth get to kick-off a conference. But Saturday was a morning of not-oftens. Not least of which entailed Bruce Campbell, Program Director of CCAFS, calling out for youth to revolt.
‘You’ve been negotiating all my life, don’t tell me you need more time’. This was the message that the youth delegation brought to COP16 in 2010. Three years later, with negotiations still dragging on, the scientific community has joined the youth community in calling out for revolt.
And who is best placed to lead that revolt? ‘You are’ said Bruce Campbell to a room full of youth at this year’s Global Landscape Forum in Warsaw, Poland. “The people in power have not left this world in good shape and unless you want it to fall into even worse shape, you better start a revolution.”
Read the full story by Lucy Holt on the CCAFS blog.
Photo: World Bank Collection
