Tuya called on the youth to unite and take a leading role at the African Climate Summit saying effective climate action was a whole-of-society undertaking.
She said youths are the bearers of climate action dreams for current and future generations.
"We are not leaving anybody behind, not the least our young people. I am extremely excited today that we have our young people on the table way before the summit," Tuya said.
She said the success of the Summit will depend on the participation of Africa's climate action partners.
She urged all invited stakeholder groups to take a keen interest in the three-day conference that will be held concurrently with this year's annual Africa Climate Week.
"Africa Climate Summit is going to be delivered through partnerships. Kenya cannot deliver the summit on its own. We want to collectively come up with complimentary solutions to the climate crisis," Tuya said.
"We must put our heads together because the nature of climate crisis is such that it has no boundaries, it affects all of us. If we continue with the status quo, we're all going to suffer. It beholds all of us to come together and think together as a globe, not just Africa. To come up with bankable solutions to the climate crisis."
Also, present at the meeting were German Ambassador Sebastian Groth, his European Union counterpart Henriette Geiger and representatives of American and Swedish embassies.
