The HEY Campaign
“The climate emergency is rapidly undermining the future of survival of all species, and the likelihood of a world in which children enjoy their right to health appears increasingly out of reach” — Lancet-WHO-UNICEF report, February 2020
The Healthy and Environment-friendly Youth (HEY) Campaign is all about creating a generation of young people committed to adopting lifestyles that are both healthy and environmentally friendly, and leading global advocacy efforts to build inclusive societies where priority is given to life and dignity, not just economic growth. Our agenda is to create a movement bringing all of our youth and children together, in their diversity, to promote and advocate for these shared values.
Get Involved
Share messages online to raise awareness of how climate action can protect your health
Take the My Planet My Rights online poll
Young people, under the age of 18, from around the world are sharing their concerns and solutions on the environment through the My Planet My Rights online poll. It takes 5 minutes and your responses will be gathered to feed into high-level consultations and help build regional reports and a Global Charter that will be brought to decision-makers to inform environmental policy.
Join our virtual Global Youth Network Summit on Climate Change and Health
An online event for young people to learn, share and express their vision towards healthier futures!
10 July, 9am to 1pm (EST / Barbados, New York); 2pm to 6pm (London); 3pm to 7pm (Western Europe); 8pm to midnight (Bangkok)
The interactive Summit will bring young people and experts from around the world together to discuss and examine the health impacts of climate change and seek common solutions, particularly in Small Island Development States (SIDS) and among most vulnerable countries. The thematic focuses will be the right to live in a healthy and safe environment; inclusion and disabilities; Covid-19. Speakers will include high level UN speakers as well as young people, WHO, Lancet Countdown, UNFCCC and Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI).
