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: Three young Bahamian leaders have joined Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis, KC, MP, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, in Antalya: Youth Climate Ambassador Taylor Cargill, Male SDG Youth Ambassador Kenrick Stubbs and Female SDG Youth Ambassador Ava Richardson.
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.
Kenrick Stubbs and Ava Richardson bring the wider development agenda with them. The Sustainable Development Goals tie climate action to quality education, decent work and life below water, and young Bahamians have a stake in every 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.
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Photo caption: Left to right: Taylor Cargill, Kenrick Stubbs and Ava Richardson at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.