We are not waiting: Youth-led initiatives for a fairer, more sustainable world

We are not waiting: Youth-led initiatives for a fairer, more sustainable world

Across the world, young people are not waiting for permission to act. They are already creating fairer, more sustainable futures through community organising, social innovation, cultural work, technological creativity and environmental stewardship.

We are not waiting is a joint initiative by the UNESCO–MOST BRIDGES UK Hub and The 50 Percent at the Club of Rome, with two linked outputs: a youth-led webinar series and an accompanying anthology.

The project centres young people aged 14–35 not as symbolic participants but as hosts, moderators, editors and authors — showcasing real-world initiatives across six themes: regenerative economics, climate justice, circular living, peacebuilding, mutual aid and arts and storytelling.

Running over June and July 2026, the webinar series will comprise three sessions, an introductory session to launch the project, and two webinar diving into the anthology's themes, bringing together contributors, editors and wider audiences in open conversation. These sessions feed directly into the anthology: a 150–180-page, six-chapter open-access publication drawing on a global call for abstracts as well as influential youth voices, reviewed and edited by young people themselves. The anthology is targeting a launch at the UNESCO MOST Forum in 2027.

Visit the We are not Waiting page on the 50 per cent website to discover more!