My name is Claudia Allen. I have a BSc in Zoology and an MSc in Environmental Biology. I am from Nottinghamshire, England but have lived in South Wales for the past six years. I am a dedicated and driven individual that is fuelled by a passion to make the world a better place. I am an alumni of the Our Bright Future youth forum and one of its projects: Uprising Cymrus Environmental Leadership Programme – where I developed skills as a young person to become an environmental leader of the future. The forum enabled me to attend parliamentary events to highlight to the government what is important young people. I have experience in grassroots social action campaigning and what to change the world for the better. I am an active member of UK Youth Voice and Youth Cymru. I am passionate about empowering others and believe that those that can give a voice to others should do so. We all need to work together and support each other in order to progress, I believe the young people of today have the power to make a change. Together we will get our voices heard and create a brighter and more peaceful future. I am most passionate about climate action for peace. I have an excellent understanding of the impacts of anthropogenically induced climate crisis and how it will be those that are worst off that will most effected. This in turn could result in an increase in violence and a reduction in security which are key indicators in the Global Peace Index. Global challenges such as the climate and ecological crisis require global solutions and co-operation at a local and international level. As a result peace is an essential prerequisite to the survival of humanity and I am determined to do something about it.