We need and only need nature-based solutions that truly put people and nature in focus. Ahead of UNCBD COP16, UNFCCC COP29, and UNCCD COP16, find out where we are feeling optimistic and where we see concern for NbS as it continues to take centre stage with states and decision makers, the private sector, and civil society.
We are thrilled to launch the "Narratives of Change" campaign, collecting stories from youth globally through an open call, emphasizing their experiences with climate change, biodiversity, and human mobility. Learn more and submit your story!
Our 2023 Impact Report showcases how young people catalyse significant impact for the entire climate and nature movement, beyond ourselves. We invite you to explore in this report how our work at Youth4Nature is contributing to more robust, resilient, and transformative change, and imagine with us the possibilities if the largest population group on the planet received more 0.76% of the climate funding.
Check out what was on the agenda at our post-COP28 event in Uganda! Through presentations, a Nature-climate clinic and interactive breaks, we delved into robust discussions on Nature and Climate Change ahead of the Climate and Biodiversity Conventions coming up later this year.
We are thrilled to announce that we are all set to make a meaningful impact at New York Climate Week (NYCW), happening from 17-24 September. This gathering brings together key stakeholders from the private sector, governments, activists, and funders for networking and collaboration. With numerous meetings, panels, workshops, and receptions held throughout the city, it's a bustling event.
Youth4Nature supported four youth delegates to attend COP15, where we advocated for meaningful youth inclusion, rights-based approaches, and explicit connections between nature and climate. Read on to learn more about what happened at this historic conference for global biodiversity, and what Y4N did there.
What do international events mean after the spotlight has turned away? What are the results and impacts that we see in communities and on-the-ground? What is it like to be actively involved in the legalese, the details, the process of policy-writing and policy implementation? And who are the local, traditional, and community knowledge holders that need to be involved? And how does this knowledge contribute to solutions for climate, for nature and for justice?
These are just some of the questions we have about Governance, Policy & Knowledge for climate and for nature. What do you think? Submit your story by December 10th for your chance to win a prize!
“Women and girls are critical to unlocking a planet within which people can thrive.” Benjamin Schachter, a Human Rights Officer and a focal point on climate change and the environment at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Tracing back…
“[…] the IPCC’s SRCCL shines light on interlinked global challenges like climate adaptation and mitigation, desertification, land degradation and food security, whilst suggesting land-related actions/NBS that can mutually benefit all these areas. Whilst much of the current discussion misguidedly focuses on singular individual lifestyle changes, just like with the Special Report on 1.5C, we urgently need large-scale and context-dependent action that is participatory, inclusive, multi-sectoral, and actively considers ecological, social, economic, cultural and institutional factors.”
Just over a week ago, world leaders met in Abu Dhabi to prepare for the upcoming UNSG Climate Action Summit in New York this September.
While Youth4Nature was not able to attend the meetings, our Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean wrote an intervention that was read to the coalition members of the Nature-Based Solutions track. Read hers word here.
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