Why is the Will Steger Foundation sending youth overseas to Copenhagen for a U.N. Conference?
The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference is the last time the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention will meet before the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Essential to securing our environmental future and preventing catastrophic climate change, the goal of the conference is to establish a global climate agreement from 2012 forward. Believing that the Midwest is a key player in driving national climate policy, public opinion, and the renewable energy revolution, Will Steger Foundation is committed to engaging young emerging leaders across the Midwest in the international climate negotiations. Will Steger Foundation has selected ten dynamic youth leaders representing diverse communities from each of the following Midwest states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois. Young people across the globe will bear the brunt of global warming consequences throughout our lifetime. Without key policy measures to encourage cl
