The Youth Delegation is a group of young people from 24 countries around the world, carefully selected by the Youth Department out of 420 applicants, to be actively participating in the activities of "12 Months, 1 question" online Campaign and particularly in the High Level Event on the 29th of June.

The Youth Delegation is prepared and accompanied by a team of 4 trainers from the Trainer's Pool of the Youth Department to connect with the themes of the WFD Campaign and to actively participate in the online activities.

youth delegates
LESA

Fale Andrew LESA JP.

WFD Youth Delegate

New Zealand

Fale is from New Zealand and has worked extensively on climate change with UNESCO, UNCCD, and WWF. He was appointed by cabinet to the Auckland Conservation Board and was previously elected to the Auckland City Council. Indigenous to Samoa, Fale is passionate about traditional knowledge to amplify climate adaptation and was recently published by Georgetown University in Washington dC. 

Council of Europe Youth Department Trainers’ Pool