it's called the national environmental youth advisory council, or niac.a krug, takes us to philadelphia to meet a young woman who's serving on this federal committee. my name is wawa gatheru. i am a gen z climate activist, and i'm the proud founder and executive director of the national community blackgirlenvironmentalist. i got my start in the climate space when i was 15. i took a really, really transformational environmental science class that totally changed my life. but the climate community wasn't always one that i felt like was a safe space for youth of color. nor did i feel like it was doing all that it could to really resource the next generation and the ways that we need to really solve this big crisis. the president and i are extremely excited to have the youth voice at the table with cemented seats. niac is the first ever federal advisory council that's made up of youth in us history. i think that's incredible. i'm super excited. it's a huge honor, especially as a daughter of immigrants. but but something that we don't talk enough about is yout