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Sustainability Expo 2026 Empowers Youth to Shape SDGs

Sustainability Expo 2026 launched a youth forum in Bangkok to amplify young voices in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Academics and youth leaders emphasized that young people possess time, knowledge, and creativity to drive real change, urging a shift from awareness to action. The expo runs until November 15 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.

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Sustainability Expo 2026 (SX2026), the largest sustainability event in the ASEAN region, has opened a platform to promote youth roles in driving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the forum "Youth Voices, Global Choices: Shaping SDGs Together." The session invites the new generation to voice opinions, set directions, and take concrete action, with experts from academia and youth networks exchanging perspectives at the SX Global Forum, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.

Assistant Professor Dr. Banthuer Panakao, lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Thammasat University, stated: "Youth are not merely the future of society but the present generation facing the impacts of various problems. They should have the opportunity to participate in decision-making and genuinely solve problems, using technology and communication potential as tools to drive society."

Assistant Professor Chun Bunnak, Director of the Research Center for Sustainable Development Goals Support and lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, said: "Youth possess three key powers: time, knowledge, and creativity, which can be developed into approaches to solve social problems, while emphasizing sustainable development that prioritizes People and Planet under the principle of Leaving No One Behind."

Thirapat Kraisatit, Director of YoungRise Thailand, a youth network supported by UNICEF Thailand, remarked: "Creating change can start from problems close to home in the community before scaling up through strong collaborative networks, while encouraging youth to become 'Eco-partners' who participate in setting the direction of social development."

This forum reflects that driving the SDGs requires cooperation from all sectors, especially opening opportunities for the new generation to use their potential and creativity, moving from awareness to action to build a sustainable society that leaves no one behind.

Join the inspiration and be part of "Adapt, Accept, Change" at SUSTAINABILITY EXPO 2026 (SX2026) from today until November 15, 2026, 10:00–20:00 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC). Follow news and activities of SX via Facebook Page: Sustainability Expo, www.sustainabilityexpo.com, and LINE @sxofficial.

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