Open my newspaper and there's China pledging its commitment to fight climate change by promising a notable reduction in the growth of carbon dioxide emissions at the United Nations summit in New York.
And how heartening to hear that a girl of 13 - Yugratna Srivastava from India - represented the world's three billion young people at the summit, addressing an audience including more than 100 heads of states. Let's hope they listened carefully.
The Hansard Society is running an interactive forum until 16 October, that gives young people the chance to debate climate change with politicians under the theme Our World, Our Future.
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