The last international youth meeting took place in the Europahaus in November 2019. Our basic approach is to carry out an evaluation at the end of each meeting, during which we ask participants to submit topic suggestions for further meetings. In this context, we inform the participants that we would like to identify topics for further youth meetings, even if they may not work on the follow-up topic because they do not take part in the next meeting. We also ask them to always focus on topics that they assume will most affect them and other young people (within the EU) in the coming years and to present these in the plenary session. The resulting list of topics is then voted on in the plenary session. In 2019, participants identified ecological concerns and, in particular, issues of climate change as an important topic area. The title of the youth meeting was therefore: “Climate protection: sustainable ideas for our future”. As part of the youth meeting, we worked with the young people to find out how climate change affects different aspects (water consumption, soil erosion, environmental pollution) and what individuals can do to preserve the earth(s) and thus ensure survival to back up. We have focused, among other things, on the area of soils and soil erosion, as experience with these aspects can be found in all countries involved in the meeting. The earth's soils are not the same everywhere. The carbon-rich soils (particularly in areas in northern Germany and Finland) include, for example peat bogs, which occur mainly in Northern Europe, Great Britain and Ireland. Grassland soils also store a lot of carbon per hectare. Romania is currently one of the most species-rich countries in Europe, because conventional farming is carried out with smaller equipment or sometimes even with horses/cattle. In contrast, soil in warm and dry areas of southern Europe contains less carbon. In some parts of Europe, higher temperatures can lead to more vegetation growth and more carbon in the soil. However, higher temperatures can also increase the decomposition and mineralization of soil organic matter and reduce organic carbon content. In other areas, the carbon-containing organic matter in stable peatlands is prevented from decomposing due to low oxygen levels in the water. When these areas dry out, the organic material can break down quickly, releasing carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere may cause soil microbes to work faster to break down organic material, potentially releasing even more carbon dioxide. It is expected that the release of greenhouse gases from the soil will occur particularly in the north of Northern Europe and in Russia is significant, where permafrost melting can release large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas much more potent than carbon dioxide. It is not yet clear what the overall effect will be, as different regions absorb and emit different greenhouse gases. However, there is a clear risk that a warming climate will cause the soil to release more greenhouse gases, which can further warm the climate in a self-reinforcing spiral. During the entire youth meeting it became clear that this is one of the topics that affects many young people. In doing so, we also based thematically on the youth goals formulated by young people in the EU, which include striving for a sustainable, green Europe. Their explicit aim is to create a society in which all young people are committed to the environment and are environmentally conscious and able to bring about changes in their everyday lives. These goals correspond to the formulations/aspirations of the participants from our previous youth meetings. By holding this youth meeting, we have enabled the young people taking part to independently develop ways in which they can influence current developments. Over the course of the week, the young people realized that they are the ones who can and must take responsibility for the future, right now. At the same time, they dealt with aspects of rural development and urbanization, social and environmental responsibility as well as the terms "climate crisis" and "climate protection" in order to be able to form their own well-founded opinion.