Who Rules the World

EU Youth Delegates Giulia and Lukas talk with one of the youngest climate and environment activists around: Francisco Vera from Columbia. Francisco has been a climate activist since the age of six, now 14yo; he has founded and developed a network of school students implementing environment education in their schools. He has published the book “Que es el cambio climático”, now also translated into...

In this episode of the Who Rules the World? podcast, Giulia talks with Marian Abukayo Murunga, a young woman, co-founder and executive director of the Border Hub, a women-led NGO in Kenya. Marian is also a member of EU Youth Sounding Board. You will hear about how she become and activist, about her experience in implementing projects around women, girls and young people. She speaks about her role...

In this episode of the Who Rules the World? podcast, Lukas and Giulia talk to Laith Al Barmawi, who is a youth and social activist from Jordan. Laith has been working with local and global organizations to empower youth in the entrepreneurial and environmental sectors, in addition to his studies as an Energy Engineer. He is an active member at Global Shapers Community and is always keen on creatin...

In this episode of the Who Rules the World? podcast, Lukas talks with president of the free Belorusian national youth council RADA and advisor on Youth Policy and Students to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Marharyta (Margo) Vorykhava. From January 2024 she is a member of the Advisory Council on Youth of Council of Europe. She received the award Young Woman of Europe 2O23. To mark 10 December, Human Rig...

In this episode of the second season of the Who Rules the World? podcast, hosted by Giulia and Lukas, you will hear the impressive story of Kyrylo Demchenko, Ukrainian Youth Delegate, and how the Ukrainian youth is showing an admirable strength in the fight for common European values.

Guest: Ambassador Olof Skoog, Head of the European Union Delegation to the United Nations, New York. This episode of a new season of the podcast Who Runs the World? is hosted by Giulia and Lukas, EU Youth Delegates. The special guest, the Ambassador of the European Delegation to the United Nations Olof Skoog talks about EU during UN General Assembly opening week, EU and involvement of youth in the...

Guests: Giulia Tariello and Lukas Svana, the New EU Youth Delegates. This episode of the Who Rules the World podcast is special. In this episode, Lucija and Nadia welcome and introduce the newly elected EU Youth Delegates and hosts of the podcast, and say goodbye to their mandate and to the podcast as its hosts. Lucija, Nadia, Giulia and Lukas speak about the EU YD program, the priorities of the n...

Guest: Paul Skoczylas, Deputy Director, World Food Programme New York. More than 80 percent of the world’s most food-insecure people are being hit by extreme weather and other stresses such as land degradation and pest infestation. In 2021, climate extremes were the predominant driver for acute hunger in 8 countries, affecting 23.5 million people. The World Food Programme, the world’s largest huma...

Guest: Kryštof Stupka, Former Czech UN Youth Delegate. In the Pride month episode, Nadia focuses, with her interlocutor Kryštof Stupka, on the current outlooks of the LGBTIQ community and their acceptance in the world. Kryštof speaks about his perspective of the topic and how does his activism contribute to securing LGBTIQ rights as human rights. They also discuss how to be more engaged and suppor...

Guest: Ricardo Pineda, Director and Co-founder Sustenta Honduras, one of the largest youth-led organizations in the region working on adaptation and capacity building towards climate change. The climate conference COP28 seeks to scale up climate adaptation, and will play a key role in the UNFCCC negotiations, at the end of 2023. On issues like these, youth must have their say and play their role....

Guest: Johanna Lichtschlag, UN Youth Delegate Germany and Hung Ly, UN Youth Delegate Finland. Decent work is a fundamental human right and the focus of SDG 8, and yet, young people around the world continue to face significant barriers to finding and securing decent employment opportunities. The topic of this WRW episode is the issue of ensuring decent jobs for young people as a key component of a...

Guest: Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group. As we are marking the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace on 24 April and Europe Day on 9 May, in this episode Lucija and Nadia are exploring the meaning of the word ’multilateralism’ together with their guest Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group. They also discuss EU’s role in the multilatera...

Guests: Gerard Tuii Anapu and maybe Nathalie Gasaro, United Nations President of General Assembly (PGA) Fellows. This episode speaks about the importance of Oceans and its power and what should be done to protect it. Gerard is focusing on his country, beautiful Samoa, and speaks about the actions taken to protect the ocean and he environment. Natalie talks about how the ocean-issues discussions in...

In 9th episode, the guest is Paul Siniga, speaker of the Fourth East African Youth Parliament, Tanzanian Entrepreneur, Influencer and a champion of #OurVoiceOurFuture global campaign initiated by the Diplomatic Service of the European Union. Paul speaks about the importance of Human Rights globally, youth inclusion and keeping those in power accountable. Paul also comments on the significance of t...

“The UN 2023 Water Conference in March must result in a bold Water Action Agenda that gives our world's lifeblood the commitment it deserves,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In the margins of the UN Water Conference, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 22-24 March, this episode of EU Talks focuses on Clean Water. Water is the most basic human need. The question i...

Guests: European External Action Service (EEAS) Secretary General Stefano Sannino and European Union Ambassador for Gender and Diversity Stella Ronner- Grubačić. In this episode, Nadia and Lucija are in conversation with the two European Union high-level officials on several issues involving women’s rights. They mention International Women’s Day, Women's rights globally & EU Action, and United Nat...

The guest of the 6th Episode is Jessica Mshama, Tanzanian Entrepreneur, CEO J Sisters Company, activist, artist and a champion of #OurVoiceOurFuture global campaign initiated by the Diplomatic Service of the European Union. Jessica speaks about her journey as a young women entrepreneur in Tanzania and explains what  the campaign meant for her as a young leader. Jessica’s activism and work focus on...

Episode 5 of the Who Rules the World Podcast by EU Youth Delegates Nadia and Lucija features this time Anda Bologa, Political Attaché for the Fifth Committee (5C) at the EU Delegation to the UN. Anda talked with María Reyes Fernández, Counsellor for Fifth Committee at the Spanish Mission to the UN. This episode covers the way the UN budget is negotiated and adopted. The episode is walking listener...

Guest: Boštjan Videmšek, Journalist, Author, European Climate Pact Ambassador in Slovenia, writer, ultra-marathon runner, climate activist, member of the President's climate advisory board. Human Rights Day is 10 December. Lucija talked to her guest about the shifts in the field of human rights - where has the world made improvements and where had human rights backslid; what were the biggest miles...

Guest: Olivia Adhiambo, Africa policy specialist with over 10 years work across various conservation NGOs The UN Biodiversity COP15 took place in Montreal, Canada from 7 to 19 December. The conference determines the action on nature protection in the coming years. This is a challenging task, as we do not only need ambitious goals on protecting nature, but we also need global goals to be implemente...

Episode 2 of Who Rules the World podcast, recorded by Youth Delegate Nadia, is a live conversation that took place in the heart of Sharm-El-Sheikh in Egypt where COP27 takes place. Nadia’s interlocutor is Joshua Amponsem, who is the climate lead to the UN’s Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth and the founder of the Green Africa Youth Organization - a youth-led organization that empowers young peopl...

"Who Rules the World" is a new podcast by European Union to the United Nations Youth Delegates Lucija Karnelutti and Nadia Gullestrup Christensen. In Episode 1, Lucija chats with the UN Secretary-General's Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric about the importance of the UN, how can youth get involved, and how a faulty escalator can bring the UN to a halt.