Originally from Sri Lanka, she has worked extensively on youth development and participation, including play ing a key role in transforming the youth development sector. In 2019 Jayathma was recognized by Time Magazine as one of “Time 100 Next: Rising stars shaping the future” and in 2020 was recognized by Forbes magazine as part of its “30 under 30” list. In this role, Jayathma works to expand the UN’s youth engagement and advocacy efforts across all four pillars of the organization’s work and serves as a representative of and advisor to the Secretary-General. She is the youngest senior official in the UN and the first woman to hold this position. Jayathma Wickramanayake was appointed as the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth in 2017 at the age of 26. She is the mother of six children and has two grandchildren. Mohammed has served on numerous international advisory boards and panels. The recipient of various global awards, Ms. Mohammed has been conferred several honorary doctorates and has served as an adjunct professor, lecturing on international development.
She served as an advocate focused on increasing access to education and other social services, before moving into the public sector, where she rose to the position of adviser to four successive Presidents on poverty, public sector reform, and sustainable development. Mohammed began her career working on the design of schools and clinics in Nigeria. She led the process that resulted in global agreement around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Mohammed first joined the United Nations in 2012 as Special Adviser to former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the responsibility for post-2015 development planning. Mohammed served as Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where she steered the country’s efforts on climate action and efforts to protect the natural environment. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group. The ‘Our Broken Planet’ program is one of the finalists of the 2022 UN SDG Action Awards, Inspire category, for flipping the script and demonstrating impact on shifting behavior for the SDGs – in this case, particularly on Goals 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action).įollow Our Broken Planet on social media via the Natural History Museum: on Facebook, on Twitter, on LinkedIn and on Instagram The program will further scale up by including more marginalized perspectives and will promote campaigns to inspire people to be more conscious about climate action. Over 826,000 people have engaged with the OBP activities, including at the Conference of Parties (COP)26 in Glasgow, and a national program is underway to produce localized adaptations to be rolled out across the United Kingdom. The OBP online events enhance discussions and reach broad audiences by tapping into climate and biodiversity data and facts and showcasing pioneering solutions worldwide – from farmers, indigenous leaders, NGOs, policymakers, entrepreneurs, industry experts and young activists. The experience closes with a creative area for brainstorming new ideas where visitors share their comments, emotions and solutions for others to read. The Museum researchers’ quotes and voice recordings are also available there to provide data-driven information and further inspire behavioral change. Visitors can also play with an interactive recipe builder where they share their ‘perfect’ menu with planet-friendly food options which brings awareness around food systems, consumption, scarcity and sustainability. Daily habits and objects are displayed and linked to intriguing artefacts – like the fictional burger wrapper discarded beside the skull of an extinct cattle species. The OBP exhibition was designed on-site as a journey where visitors are confronted with unusual scenarios and are offered a set of choices and actions to take. The program is designed as a multimedia hub – including a physical exhibition, online events, articles and films – for educating, connecting and empowering people to take action. In 2020, with the urgent reality of the climate crisis, the Musem initiated the “Our Broken Planet: How We Got Here and Ways to Fix It” (OBP) program involving its internal researchers and civil society organizations, to address the state of the planet and inspire solutions looking at the present and into the future. The Natural History Museum in London has preserved ancient life and earth specimens for decades.
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