“My community is my inspiration,” says 17-year-old Beyza, an Earth Prize runner-up. “In Türkiye, we are living the effects of climate change. This region was Mesopotamia, where agriculture and civilisation was born, but now people are struggling with climate change and drought.” While many young people march to demand climate action, Beyza has leveraged her scientific mind by developing a “drought-defying plasma-powered crop solution”. “It’s not good to watch when the big governments can solve these issues – but we are trying to do that and not them,” says 18-year-old Diyar, who is working on …
