Youth Position Paper for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Advisory Board Meeting, Egypt - November 2022

The involvement of youth in the UN Decade and #GenerationRestoration movement is critically important, not only for the sustainability of restoration initiatives beyond 2030 but also for the promotion of intergenerational equity and empowerment of young people. Young people have been engaged in the processes of the UN Decade since its inception. Among other things, this has entailed hosting several on-ground and virtual consultations on the engagement of young people in the UN Decade and the inaugural #GenerationRestoration Youth Assembly alongside the public launch of the Decade in 2021. This position paper has been prepared as the youth contribution to the Advisory Board Meeting of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration taking place in Nuweiba, Egypt from 12th-13th November 2022, during the UN Climate Change Conference COP27.