Dewa, who is active in the International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) organization, also exchanged ideas in the various series of activities in Scotland. The FP student promoted his idea on the agriculture sector and its impact on climate change.

“I focus on participating in agriculture-related events, youth, capacity building, negotiation, public speaking, and building relationships with youth from various other countries to facilitate collaboration in international activities. I also raise local community awareness on food waste and its impact on climate change, required actions, and all related facts to improve community’s responsibility and awareness toward their consumption,” said Dewa.

During the conference, which took place on 31 October-12 November 2021, Dewa, who was the IAAS delegate, focused more on the 12th and 13th points of the Sustainable Development Goals. The two points are deal with responsible consumption and production, as well as climate change.

“In my opinion, we need contributions from all people in each country to contribute to achieving COP objectives. Hopefully, the global youth will be given more access to express their aspirations to find the applicable solutions that can be implemented by everyone around the world regardless of geographical conditions, culture, and so on,” he added.

As an agriculture student, he believes that, in the future, agriculture can be the main focus of the climate change tagline. This is because, in 2050, the human population will reach 10 billion. This condition means more food will be needed; thus, more forest will be converted into agricultural land.

“We hope that through the COP, there will be numerous applicable solutions, such as urban farming and vertical farming that can save land in supplying food,” added Dewa.

Dewa admitted that he was thrilled and proud to take part in this conference organized by the United Nations (UN). Additionally, he can explore various knowledge, convey his aspirations, and exchange ideas with multiple participants worldwide.

“This is an extraordinary experience as I traveled abroad not for vacation, but diplomacy matter. Moreover, this is the first time for me to go abroad and at once I must travel on a flight which lasts more than 19 hours. I am happy and proud to represent Indonesia, displaying Indonesian culture as well because here I wear traditional Balinese clothes,” he concluded. Humas UNS

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Editor: Dwi Hastuti

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The webinar was held through Zoom Cloud Meetings and the official YouTube channel, inviting Nanda Luthfi Habib Mustofa, Vice-Director of Stock Investors UIN Bandung. In the webinar, Nanda explained several reasons that the young generation should start investing. The first reason is to prepare their future as their needs will grow in the future. Nanda also explained the financial cycle and gave an example of a 22 years old who usually have more spending than their income. Entering career or family life, they will have growing income and expenditure, accompanied with active monthly income.

“Then during the pension, around 55—60 years old, income decreased or there is no income. to support this period, we could have passive income (e.g., investment),” Nanda stated.

The second reason is that starting investment early is suggested with small capital to teach the young generation the opportunities and risks they will experience. Thus, the young generation can now learn while applying what they learned later after having a stable income.

The third reason is preparing the young generation for inflation or increasing prices of goods and services, which will reduce the value of money. Thus, the same amount of money will likely not purchase the same amount of goods in the future. Therefore, the young generation needs to invest their money in the instrument with a higher return than the inflation. Humas UNS

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