“Ladies and Gentlemen, speeches and talks won’t solve the problem but walk the talk is more effective.”

At only 12 years of age, Timoci Naulusala’s opening speech at COP23 in Bonn, Germany captivated world leaders at the UN’s high level annual conference on climate change. Calling on the ‘global village’ to open their eyes to the impact of climate change, Timoci told world leaders that the blaming and waiting game was over. His speech, which won him Fiji’s National Climate Change Speech Competition, opened the doors to his participation at COP23, where he earned him a standing ovation from world leaders.

Often considered the Malala of her native India, 9 year-old Ridhima knows she has to inherit her country’s growing climate disasters. Ridhima was only 6 years old when floods ravaged Uttarakhand in 2013. The images and stories of the ecological disaster left a profound impact on the young mind. Since then, she has become an advocate and the driving force behind a 52-page petition before the National Green Tribunal on how the government has failed to scientifically tackle climate change, and how environment protection laws continue to be routinely flouted.

“The future of our generation is at stake."

Xiuhtezcatl became a climate change activist at the age of 6 when he saw an environmental documentary. As an environmental activist, Xiuhtezcatl has spoken at the Rio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro, to address the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York City.

He is the youth director of Earth Guardians, a worldwide conservation organization and has worked hard to get pesticides out of parks and coal ashes contained. He is one of the 21 plaintiffs involved in a youth-led lawsuit against the US federal government for its failure to protect the atmosphere for future generations. Xiuhtezcatl is also a hip-hop artist and writes music advocating for climate change.

Jaden Anthony, 11, is on a mission. He is the author of Kid Brooklyn, a graphic novel series which strives to introduce children from 7–12 to the environmental and social issues that challenge the world today.

Through his graphic novels, Jaden addresses these issues through a fictional tale about a child from Brooklyn who together with his friends receives special powers to save the planet from evil aliens (disguised as corporations) and environmental crises.