Knowledge Sharing
Rachel Boere
Nature-based Solutions in Policy and Actions: ...

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.

Nature-based Solutions in Policy and Actions: Where are we ahead of COP16 and COP29
Knowledge Sharing
Rachel Boere
Join the "Narratives of Change" Campaign!

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!

Join the "Narratives of Change" Campaign!
News
Rachel Boere
Youth4Nature's 2023 Impact Report

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.

Youth4Nature's 2023 Impact Report
Rachel Boere
Across Conventions; Nature as a tool to address ...

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.

Across Conventions; Nature as a tool to address both the Biodiversity and Climate Crises
Hiring, News
Oluwaseun Adekugbe
Become a Youth4Nature Global Ambassador

📣 Exciting opportunity! We are looking for young leaders to join our team as Global Ambassadors. 🌿🌍 If you’re between 18-35 and ready to make a difference? Join Youth4Nature as a Global Ambassador (Volunteer role)! #Youth4Nature #ClimateAction #YouthLeadership

Become a Youth4Nature Global Ambassador
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IPBES Youth Capacity Building Workshop 2022: Nature Futures Framework

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IPBES Youth Capacity Building Workshop 2022: Nature Futures Framework

The Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an organization that aims to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being, and sustainable development. IPBES strongly believes that the engagement of young people in the work of IPBES is extremely relevant to supporting the uptake of IPBES assessments among young people as well as other individuals and organizations.

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Get ready, New York! We are coming to make waves at New York Climate Week 🌊

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Get ready, New York! We are coming to make waves at New York Climate Week 🌊

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.

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The Global Biodiversity Framework: A Youth4Nature Perspective

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The Global Biodiversity Framework: A Youth4Nature Perspective

Youth4Nature (Y4N) is pleased to present the illustrated report on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM GBF). The report and illustrations break down the GBF for our youth community and audience and provide information about the importance of inclusion of youth as well as about the contradictions between Y4N’s Global Youth Statement on nature-based solutions. This report, with an accompanying summary of portions of the KM GBF, includes specific sections related to youth and the nature-climate nexus as well as graphics for social media.

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SB 58: Outlook and Roadmap to COP 28

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SB 58: Outlook and Roadmap to COP 28

Coming immediately after the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, which made it clear that the world is not on track to meet its climate goals, COP27 was an opportunity for countries to come together and discuss how to close the emissions gap. The intermediary 58th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 58) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn Germany came through to carry forward the ambition fas forward to the UNFCCC COP28

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Y4N is recruiting its next Board of Directors

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Y4N is recruiting its next Board of Directors

We are recruiting a minimum of three (3) members to make up our Youth Board for a minimum of a one-year term beginning from the Annual General Assembly in August 2023 until the 2024 Annual General Assembly. This is a volunteer position with an estimated time commitment of about 60 hours per year.

We are looking for youth  leaders between the ages of 18-35 years who have the knowledge and competencies necessary to comply with standard processes, policies, governance, and bylaws  for a non-profit organization like our

We are hiring: are you our next Development Director?

We are hiring: are you our next Development Director?

We very much appreciate your interest in the position, as well as the time and effort that went into the preparation of your application. This position has now been filled.

Youth4Nature (Y4N) is seeking a confident, motivated, and enthusiastic Development Director to join our dynamic, global youth team and ensure that Y4N has necessary funding to function. The role involves implementing and updating fundraising strategies, managing relationships with donors, identifying and applying to grants, and leading the Fundraising Committee.

Earth Day: Why ecosystem restoration is a planetary investment

Earth Day: Why ecosystem restoration is a planetary investment

Intact and restored ecosystems provide a wide-array of socio-economic benefits, such as ecosystem services and functions that play a highly crucial role in the daily sustenance of livelihoods especially for communities around them. Among other benefits and deeper connections may go as far as aesthetic, to cultural pillars of several societies around the globe (totems, myths).

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Moving forward with nature-based solutions: A post-COP15 reflection

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Moving forward with nature-based solutions: A post-COP15 reflection

After the recent gathering of world leaders at the 15th UN-CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) Conference of Parties (COP); we saw a rising focus on the global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource use. Nature based Solutions (NbS) can help reduce its effects to a large degree, but only if it is implemented properly and covers the voices of all its stakeholders.

Youth4Nature's 2022 Impact Report

Youth4Nature's 2022 Impact Report

Youth4Nature’s Impact Report for 2022 is a powerful reminder of the vital role that young people play in driving the global climate and nature movements. In 2022, despite facing immense challenges, including limited funding and support, the youth leaders at Youth4Nature have demonstrated the ability to catalyze significant impact and deliver practical solutions. We invite you to see what young people are capable of when they are given the resources, opportunities and trust to lead.

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Demystifying nature-based solutions and the nature-climate movement

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Demystifying nature-based solutions and the nature-climate movement

NbS have great potential to contribute to ecosystem resilience. However, the term “NbS” is vulnerable to greenwashings, and the many examples of bad-faith actors co-opting “NbS” in order to continue with the unsustainable, unjust status-quo have made it a complex and often fraught term to engage with

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INUKA HAS LAUNCHED!!!

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INUKA HAS LAUNCHED!!!

Youth4Nature is proud to announce the launch of a for-youth by-youth restoration project-INUKA. The project, which launches on 20 March 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, seeks to take advantage of experiential learning to deliver training on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) best practices, youth leadership and storytelling and scale-up solutions across five key landscapes in Kenya (Coastal Mangrove ecosystems, Inland wetlands, Semi-Arid, Highland forests and Agro-forestry ecosystems). INUKA is piloting in Kenya for 15 months following the launch, with scale-up plans to other Afrikan and Global South countries underway.

How international climate activists can help those in Türkiye and Syria

How international climate activists can help those in Türkiye and Syria

Last Monday communities across Türkiye and Syria experienced devastating earthquakes, the impacts of which are extrapolated by the impacts of climate change such as drought, war, displacement, and more. What can we do? As the global climate community, we know what solidarity looks like. Y4N Syrian Global Ambassador, Yazan, has put together this call to action.

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COP15: A Historic Moment for Youth4Nature, and for Nature and People

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COP15: A Historic Moment for Youth4Nature, and for Nature and People

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.

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What COP27 brought to Youth4Nature?

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What COP27 brought to Youth4Nature?

From November 6-18th, 2022, Egypt hosted the 27th UN Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh. As a youth organization advocating for nature and for climate justice we sent a 9-people delegation with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future.

Nature-based Solutions ahead of COP15: where are we now?

Nature-based Solutions ahead of COP15: where are we now?

It’s been over a year since we came together with GYBN and YOUNGO to release the Global Youth Statement on Nature-based Solutions (NbS). With COP15 just around the corner, we have put together a short review of what has happened in the NbS discussion since the Statement was released, and share some insights into what we can expect from the discussion moving forward.

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Food Systems as a Solution for Our Ecological Crisis: A Collaboration Between “The Farmers I Know” and Youth4Nature

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Food Systems as a Solution for Our Ecological Crisis: A Collaboration Between “The Farmers I Know” and Youth4Nature

So far, it seems like the food system and nature are at odds, but producing food doesn’t have to be a climate change driver–or something that causes or accelerates climate change. Regenerative agriculture can be part of the solution to climate change. Learn how by clicking on our blog post!

Just Released: Y4N's Private Sector Engagement Toolkit

Just Released: Y4N's Private Sector Engagement Toolkit

It’s here! We invite you to check out our brand new, by-youth, for-youth toolkit about engagement with Private Sector and actions we can take as young people to shift the status quo towards sustainability and a future for us all and for the planet.

Press Release: Youth4Nature Afrika Takes the Stage at the IUCN APAC in Rwanda

Press Release: Youth4Nature Afrika Takes the Stage at the IUCN APAC in Rwanda

Youth4Nature delegation of 6 youth leaders from across Afrika attend the African Protected Areas Congress (#APAC2022) from July 18-23 in Kigali, Rwanda. The first of its kind, the congress convenes Afrikan conservation minds in a unique format to engage on key issues surrounding the conservation of protected and conserved areas across the region under the theme, "Promoting a sustainable future for Africa."

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