Luca Ernemann has been active in youth nature conservation for more than ten years. He was elected to the board of NAJU Munich in 2016 at the age of 12 and joined the state board of NAJU Bavaria in 2019. Since 2023 he has chaired NAJU Bavaria as State Youth Leader and represents the youth organisation on the board of LBV, the Bavarian Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature. In these roles he works to strengthen young people’s voices in Bavarian environmental policy and supports local youth groups that help children and teenagers experience nature first hand.

As a member of the NAJU4Climate youth delegation, Luca attended COP28 in Dubai, COP29 in Baku and COP30 in Belém. There he advocated for climate justice and for meaningful participation of young people in climate policy. He called for fair and accessible climate finance oriented to the needs of the countries most affected by the climate crisis, for strong support for loss and damage, and for a binding roadmap to phase out coal, oil and gas. He also brought German policymakers together with youth organisations, so that young people’s demands were heard directly in the negotiations.

In September 2026 Luca was elected to the national board of NAJU, Germany’s largest youth organisation for nature and environmental protection. He represents NAJU as deputy member on the presidium of its parent organisation NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) and shapes the association’s work on organisational development, political advocacy and child protection.

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