Youth Leaders Represent Phipps and Pittsburgh at COP30

By Phipps Conservatory

This week, Phipps sent two staff members — Jennifer Torrance, Youth Climate Advocacy Coordinator, and Marley McFarland, Youth Climate Advocacy Committee (YCAC) Leader — with Blue Zone observer status to COP30 in Brazil, where they are participating in networking with youth around the world, observing negotiations and more. Phipps was also able to share Blue Zone passes with two students from the Brazilian youth-led climate action nonprofit COJOVEM.

In addition to our in-person participation, we also had Virtual Observer passes whcih we were able to share with members of the Climate Toolkit Youth Network at institutions in the USA (Anchorage Museum, The Wild Center, MassAudubon, Natural History Museum of Utah and Museum of Discovery and Science) and Italy (Padua Botanical Garden and Bergamo Botanical Garden) so that they can participate in the COP events as well. Youth from these gardens will share their experience virtually with each other virtually after COP30 concludes.

Stay tuned to our website for stories from COP30!