A FIFTEEN-year-old Dunbar schoolgirl has met with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition as part of the launch of a global campaign to improve the world.

Dunbar Grammar School pupil Heather Cameron was one of more than 100 youngsters who travelled to London to help with the launch of action/2015.

The campaign calls on local and world leaders to halt man-made climate change, eradicate poverty and address inequality.

Heather and the other teenagers met with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour Leader Ed Milliband to discuss the campaign.

The teenager said: “I am excited and honoured to be one of the 15-year-olds chosen to take part in action/2015, because it gives me an opportunity to add the voice of our generation to the global action this year.

“The Sustainable Development Goals decided on later this year will shape the world that, in 15 years, will be the responsibility of our generation; today’s young people.

“This makes it crucial that we are heard this year and now.” New figures released through the campaign show that the number of people living in extreme poverty could be reduced dramatically from over a billion to 360 million by 2030. Closer to home, Heather is a member of Greenpeace and her school’s eco group.

She has campaigned for the town’s Asda to supply boxes for bottle recycling in every class.

She is currently organising a local beach clean-up with West Barns Primary School, which could result in a sculpture made out of the collected rubbish on the same beach.

And Heather has also designed a way to reduce water usage in her school as part of a science, engineering and technology competition, which she received an award for from judges at Heriot-Watt University.