Press Statement: Youth Climate Ambassadors Join the Prime Minister at COP31

Youth Climate Ambassadors Join Prime Minister Davis at COP31

“Our young people belong in this room,” says the Prime Minister

ANTALYA, Türkiye, 10 November 2026: Youth Climate Ambassadors [NAME] and [NAME] have joined Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis, KC, MP, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, in Antalya. They are joined by [NAME] of the climate team at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Their place on the delegation reflects the Government’s view that young Bahamians must help shape the response to the climate crisis. They belong to the generation that will live longest with its consequences, and with the decisions taken at conferences like this one.

Over the coming days they will join the Prime Minister’s programme, including The Bahamas Blue Carbon Programme address at the CARICOM Pavilion on Wednesday 11 November. The Programme is building the science, skills and institutions of a Bahamian blue economy, so that young Bahamians can see a career in it here at home.

The ambassadors will bring a young Bahamian voice to the conversations in Antalya. On their return, they will share what they have learned with young people across our islands.

Prime Minister Davis said: “I have said that no one is coming to save us. We must save ourselves, and our young people will carry that work furthest. They will live longest with the decisions taken here, and they are already showing the leadership The Bahamas needs. They belong in this room. I want every young Bahamian at home to know that their country takes their leadership seriously.”

COP31 runs in Antalya from 9 to 20 November 2026. The Prime Minister will also deliver The Bahamas’ national statement to the High-Level Segment on Thursday 12 November.

Photo caption: Left to right: Taylor Cargill, Kenrick Stubbs and Ava Richardson at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. (Photo: [credit])