Climate Rangers and Global Youth to World Leaders at COP30: End Fossil Fuels Don’t Broke Our Future

Belém, Brazil, 9 Nov 2025 — As the climate crisis deepens and governments continue to falter on their commitment to keep global warming below 1.5°C, young people across the world are uniting their voices.

Through the Global Youth Statement (GYS), thousands of youth from over 150 countries have called for a global policy shift — one that prioritizes a just energy transition, debt-free climate finance, and meaningful participation of young people and vulnerable communities in shaping the planet’s future.

During the 20th Conference of Youth (COY20) in Belém, Brazil, these demands were officially handed over to the leadership of COP30 and representatives of the UNFCCC — a collective mandate from youth to world leaders. From Indonesia, Climate Rangers stood as the nation’s sole delegate, ensuring that the aspirations of Indonesian youth, embodied in the National Children and Youth Statement (NYS), were woven into the global message carried by the GYS.

From Villages to the World: The Mandate of Indonesia’s Youth

The NYS Indonesia was built through months of consultations with over 900 children and young people across 30 provinces, as part of the Local Conferences of Youth (LCOY) series. From coastal communities to mountain villages, young Indonesians voiced the crises they live through daily — floods, droughts, mining pollution, and energy inequality.

Their collective message reflects the same core principles now echoed in the global mandate:

The energy transition must be just and people-centered, not another elite-driven project that prolongs dependence on coal and extractive industries.
Climate finance must not come as debt that burdens future generations, but as grants and direct support for vulnerable communities.
The participation of youth and Indigenous peoples must be recognized as a right, not reduced to tokenism in policy forums.

Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Coordinator of Climate Rangers Indonesia, stressed that climate justice is not only about technology or emission targets — it’s about the fate of generations:

“We are growing up on a planet hotter, noisier, and more fragile than the one our parents knew,” said Ginanjar. “Our generation has already lost so much — clean air, healthy seas, predictable seasons. And if today’s policies keep serving fossil industries, the next generation will inherit a world even more unjust than ours.”

“That’s why we insist: young people are not passive victims of this crisis. We are active agents shaping the future of this planet.”

A Mandate to the World: Stop Dirty Energy, Fund Real Solutions

The Global Youth Statement delivers its demands in no uncertain terms: governments must end all coal projects by 2030, halt fossil fuel financing, and accelerate a transition to renewable energy systems led by communities and governed democratically.
It also highlights the widening global divide — where wealthy nations delay their financial obligations while expanding extractive investments in developing countries.

Speaking at the International Energy Agency (IEA) session “Youth as Drivers for Just Energy Transition”, Fadilla Miftahul of Climate Rangers underscored the indispensable role of youth in reshaping the energy system:

“Young people are playing a vital role in driving the energy transition,” said Fadilla. “In Indonesia, we’ve seen youth organizing themselves — pushing banks to stop dirty financing for coal, and building renewable energy systems in villages with their own hands. These movements show that real solutions can come from communities, not corporations.”

“After all, today’s exploitative fossil-fuel system is the legacy of older generations. It’s time we challenge that system — development must be rooted in communities and sustainability, not in profit.”

From the Amazon to the Archipelago: One Shared Voice

The spirit connecting both the GYS and NYS is clear: intergenerational climate justice. The words of youth in the Amazon, Africa, and Southeast Asia echo one another — a shared cry against false solutions, environmental destruction, and systems that privilege profit over people.

“This is a collective mandate from young people around the world,” said Fadilla at COY20’s closing ceremony. “From coastal communities to Indigenous youth, we all carry the same message: climate justice now, for a just, sustainable, and prosperous future.”

The event concluded with the official handover of the Global Youth Statement (GYS) to Ana Toni, the CEO of COP30, and representatives of the UNFCCC.