Unicef ​​and Earth Day Italia reward young people's projects for the environment

On

, in connection with the

, from the Auditorium of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of

, a national event entitled

On this occasion,

will reward young people who have worked on the creation of innovative projects of

.

The ceremony will be held on November 21, 

during which the Carabinieri of Biodiversity and the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security make our cities greener thanks to the recovery of degraded or abandoned urban centres: they

thanks to the commitment of around 1,000 territorial branches of the Weapon.

The involvement of young people

will be rewarding the young people

.

The involvement of young people by the associations began on the occasion of the

initiative was launched

in view of the

The path involved startuppers and young innovators and high school and university students.

The path reached its climax with the meeting with the Unicef ​​Italia initiative which has been organizing

for two years .

Last October

people from different Italian regions met virtually to analyze the environmental situation of specific Italian territories with the help of the

.

The meeting therefore gave life to 6 territorial intervention projects which, together with the best Start Ups selected by Earth Day Italia, were the subject of a publication in two languages ​​brought to the Cop 27 by the Italian

as good practice for intergenerational dialogue on climate change. 

This year, in addition to the Ambassadors, there will also be

“The impacts of climate change are now with us, but they go far beyond floods, droughts and heat waves.

They extend to our own sense of hope.

- says Rozera - Especially in Africa, young people see the impact these shocks have on themselves and those they love and this is changing their plans for the future.

But it doesn't have to be like that.

We must continue to listen to the anxiety of young people and take immediate action to protect them,” she says.

“The difficulties and disappointing results of COP 27 demonstrate once again that the change that humanity needs ever more urgently can only come from below.

Young people therefore represent our most concrete hope of getting the better of this dramatic crisis”, comments

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The awarded projects

1. The students of the

who - led by Professor

- receive a special mention for the extraordinary effort spent in the planning phase and for the marked sensitivity of the

in involving young people and citizenship all on the issues of sustainable development

2

.

the three young engineers who created

, the startup that won the

award which has developed a mini-wind turbine capable of adapting to changing wind conditions, designed for micro-generation of energy and energy self-sufficiency of homes, small sheds and systems such as telecommunications towers;

3.

The creators of

, the spin-off of the

which received a special mention for its outstanding environmental value for the

project , a platform that aims to unite abandoned or unmanaged forest properties in order to implement their management integrated ethical and sustainable;

4.

The creators of the

start-up , selected by

who led the

award

.

Re-Learn has developed intelligent sensors that, when applied to waste bins, can make public and private buildings more efficient in managing waste collection