A few days before COP26 the UN convened the 16th Conference of Youth – COY16. Over 40,000 young people around the world were consulted in the preceding months and the conference concluded a statement of desired action to be presented to COP26. It was received at the COY16 closing ceremony by COP26 President Alok Sharma and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa. Jonathan Levy spoke to delegates and dignitaries. He also caught up with Amy Meek, a Humber based youth activist from Kids Against Plastic to gain her impressions of COP26