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The Africa Youth Mobilization for COP [AYM4COP] a campaign of YOUNGO is inviting African youth with knowledge and experience in climate change issues and actively involved in climate change initiatives to apply for a funded…
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Call for COP27 Global South Scholarship Applications
Are you from Asia, Latin America & Caribea, SIDS?
Apply for the scholarship to attend COP27 in Sharm
Deadline: 1st of November, 2022 at 23:00hrs CEST
Exciting news! The UNFCCC ACE team is collaborating with partners to organize an ACE Hub Youth Event in Bonn, Germany for 25 international youth and 25 youth from NRW.
The 3-4 day event will include skills development modules, hackathon methodology, and networking…
Good news! Our joint statement letter on sustainable catering at
#COP28
has received an encouraging response from
@COP28_UA
President-Designate Dr Al Jaber, stressing that his team will ensure to provide affordable, nutritious, local plant-based food options at the conference.
Calling all passionate youth!
Join 'Youth Voices for all the Climate Thematic Areas' initiatives and shape a better future. Advocate for what matters to you – climate change, education, gender equality, and more.
Apply now to make an impact!
Link 📷
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR LCOY 2024!
Calling on youth leaders & organizers from all over the world! Help us expand our global youth-led movement for climate justice by organizing a Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) in your county in 2024!
Day 1 || COP26
YOUNGO met with UNGA President Abdulla Shahid & presented to him the Global Youth Statement on Climate Change. His acceptance gives us hope that youth demands on climate change will be heard.
EyesOnCOP26
#YOUNGO
#TogetherForChange
YouthInCOP26
#ClimateActionNow
We are excited to share that YOUNGO Migration Working Group together with partners are convening an interactive session this Friday at 3pm BST/4pm CEST/5pm EAT. The session is LIMITED only to African youth across the continent and in Diaspora to input into the zero draft of the
Calling
#Youth
Climate Advocates:
Have your voice heard and contribute to the
#COY17
Global Youth Statement! 🍀🌍
Submit your
#climate
policy demand/proposal and make a difference on the road to
#COP27
✊🇺🇳
Here is the link: https:/tinyurl.com/GYSCOP27
Deadline: 30 September
On youth and public empowerment day at
@COP26Uk
, you go.unfcc is officially presenting the global youth statement to the at our event- unifying for change: the global youth voice
@COP26
@nicolasturgeon
'powerful words echo our voice, and we are grateful to have national leaders like this assuring their commitment to us. She asked us not to stop. To keep putting pressure until our voices are heard, and we aim to do just that
We are excited to share that YOUNGO WGs, Migration WG and Reducing Inequality & Inclusion Rights WG in collaboration with
@UNICEF
, Stolen Dreams, Earth Refuge,
@ACMI_Africa
,
@UNFCCC
, Africa Union,
@UNDP
,
@WorldBank
,
@IOM_MECC
, and Global Centre For Climate Mobility are organizing
Young people across the globe, have urged Members States at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue to mobilize efforts towards climate action, phasing & cutting down of fossil fuel subsidies, & scaling up climate finance to support climate adaptation and mitigation efforts.
It’s great to have the bilateral with the
@UN
SG António Guterres along with
@PEspinosaC
@UNFCCC
during the
@COP24
UNFCCC Session in Katowice Poland.
“ Young people are greatest drives of change and we need to empower more and more to the make an impact”
#YOUNGOCOP24
#YouthPower
YOUNGO Climate Finance and Markets Working Group is pleased to present its first-ever Climate Finance Reporting training coming up in August and September.
Time is running out!
Only 3 days left to apply for the
#COP28
International Youth Climate Delegate Program!
Don't miss your chance to be part of the movement toward a sustainable future.
Apply now!
#ClimateEmergency
#YOUTH
#ClimateAction
#YOUNGO
As
#COP27
President’s Youth Envoy, Dr.
@omniaelomrani1
will facilitate the meaningful and inclusive engagement of youth and youth organizations globally and strive to ensure that young voices are heard in the run-up to, during and beyond COP27 - as equal and natural partners.
Calls for LCOY 2022 application is open!
Do you want to organize a youth climate conference in your country? Do you want to bring young people together and enable their activism, energy and expertise for a better world? m CET.
Get Excited!
YOUNGO's 2023 First Constituency call is scheduled to happen on April 15, 2:00 pm - 4:00 UTC.
Register here to join us! 👉
And happy easter to all the YOUNGO Members!
#youngo
#youth4climate
#climateaction
#youth
🌍 Youth advocates for holistic climate action in Global Stocktake: involving young voices, prioritizing human rights, transforming food systems, and transitioning away from fossil fuels. Let's build a just and sustainable future!
#ClimateAction
#GlobalStocktake
Paris Agreement Rulebook Adopted after three years of extensive negotiations, Since the Adoption of Paris Agreement. Thank you very much for the COP24 President for the delivering the PAWP
#ParisAgreement
@COP24
#UNFCCC
Let’s talk about the Paris Agreement, NDCs, and Long term strategies.
Paris Agreement is a landmark in the multilateral climate change process.
Its goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.
The unsung heroes capturing the youth pulse of
@COP28_UAE
: storytellers, each with a unique journey, unite to drive our mission. From a war refugee's lens to a typhoon survivor's tale, we're turning individual stories into a collective force for inclusive climate action.
YOUNGO Finance and Markets Working Group is bringing a youth led and youth dedicated academy for you.
Join us for the very first Climate Finance Academy for Youth in September 2022.
Stay tuned: for updates on our collaborators and speakers list.
🗣️
#YOUNGO
Spokes happens everyday at 9:00 AM!
Join us to get updates from Focal Points, Working Groups, and daily event schedules. Meet other youth attending
#COP27
or join virtually on the Zoom link shared via the YOUNGO Listserve. Location TBC every morning. See you!
🌍 Join the COY18 Organizing Team! 🤝🌱
Ready to fight climate change? Apply now to volunteer for COY18 and make a global impact.
🌿 Gain event coordination experience, collaborate with changemakers, and shape a sustainable future.
Apply now!
#COY18
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Working Group of YOUNGO has successfully wrapped up its capacity-building webinar series.✨
The five sessions were conducted on different topics under NDCs that ranged from mitigation,
The Climate crisis has already pushed the vulnerable and marginalized communities beyond the adaptation limit permanently disrupting the lives of the community.
#Science
is not negotiable!
Over 1000+ young people from 100+ different countries have gathered here in
#Madrid
@coychile
Let’s unite behind science and together change the course of direction that will enable us to climate natural by
#2050
.
#WeAreAction
#COY15
Are you interested in being the voice of the unheard youth who have been taking actions toward fighting for climate change in hard circumstances as we see in countries of wars and crises..
Fully funded and partially funded slots are available! Hurry up and apply now to grab your spots!
This is your opportunity to become one of our international delegates and to take part in the COY17, COP27, and UN 2023 Water Conference processes.
Apply now for an amazing fully funded opportunity to join this Youth Exchange on Action for Climate Empowerment in Bonn, Germany! Details in the application form ⬇️
The deadline to apply is Thursday, 5 May 2022, at 4:00PM UTC.
Youth leaders from YOUNGO and
@MGCY
met today with the
#COP28
Youth Climate Champion team, sharing the urgent priorities and hopes for COP of least developed countries and small island states at
#LDC5
.
Join us in this dialogue session to hear youth perspectives about climate justice and the road to COP27.
The road to COP27:
#Youth_Voices_for_Climate_Justice
. Join us in this dialogue session to hear youth perspectives about climate justice and the road to COP27.
We would like to acknowledge the Ministry of Youth and Sports Egypt as one of the partners of the Local Conference of Youth
#COY17
to be held in Egypt Prior
#COP27
. In this pic is the Minister of Youth and Sports Professor
@Ashraf
Sobhy,
YOUNGO Climate Finance and Markets working group is having the first of its kind Climate Finance Academy training starting on the 3rd of September and will be training 100 youths between the ages of 16-35 years.
We had a capacity building session with
@UNFCCC
on communications and education. Thanks for participating!
We need to build capacity of youth, so they are able to handle the problems associated with environmental, economic and social transformations.
#WeAreAction
#COY15
The leaders have been asking us to hold them accountable for years, and today, we asking them to deliver us out, and summon the courage to do the right thing.
#COP26
Apply for *full funding for young energy leaders to cover the costs of participation in COP26 in Glasgow*. The funding will cover travel expenses, accommodation, food allowance, and visa costs.
The Local Conference of Youth Nigeria (LCOY Nigeria) 2022. The theme of this year’s National Conference is: “Beyond Treaties and Agreements: Getting Governments’ and Civil Society Organizations to Deliver”.
Climate activist? Interested in climate justice? Then you may find the attached of interest. Check the fliers for more information about attending or speaking at the upcoming Localising Climate Justice Conference. Kindly retweet 🙏💚
Attention 📢 All COP16 & COP26 attendees !
Capacity Building Webinar for COP26 🌐
⏱️ 17th October 2021, 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
🔗 Register :
Simultaneous interpretation to Spanish, French and Portuguese will be provided.
COP 27 EDITION 🐫🌞,
We will have our 7° YOUNGO Constituency Call this Sunday 23rd, 1:00 pm - 03:00 pm UTC 🇺🇳
📌 Zoom Registration
📌Presentation
● ⏰ Local time zone here
📌Link:
Global Youth Statement Hackathon
#1
was a success!!
The policy team had 4 thematic groups today where youth discussed inputs for the Global Youth Statement. The themes included Adaptation, Climate Finance, Climate Justice, and Reimagining Economies.
COY 16 Delegates at Day 2 ⌚
Concern for Climate Change brought us together ✨
Despite challenges, we are determined to drive climate action for a better world🌍
COY16
#COY16Glasgow
#UnifyingForChange
#YOUNGO
Announcement of Partners!!!
We are pleased to announce our AYCAP National Partners!
After evaluating 224 applications deposited from over 45 countries across the continent, we have selected over 50 climate-focused organizations organisations who have a national footprint
Don't miss out on our upcoming Twitter Space titled "The Water Crisis and Its Impact on Migration in Africa: The Road to the UN Water Conference", organised by our Climate Migration working group and
@UNmigration
.
LINK:
#WaterCrisis
#ClimateMobility
Before, during, and after COP at the Singapore 🇸🇬 Pavilion.
Zi Han highlighted the need for constructive collaboration and synergies between youth and other stakeholders - youth as co-partners of change.
Today
@CERI_Coalition
,
@UNICEF
and
@IYCM
placed copies of the Declaration on Children, Youth & Climate Action on the desks of all 193 governments at the
@UN
.
It's time to put the rights of children at the center of climate policy and decision-making.
#ClimateDeclaration
#UNGA
We appreciate all the support and confidence we have received so far from African Youth and we are happy to announce that we are successfully launching the
#AYM4COP
Campaign today.
Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C will be impossible without ambitious
#NDCs
and their proper implementation. Therefore, It is critical for
#youngpeople
to understand climate plans, and know how they can help accelerate and accomplish specified climate action.
Day one at
#COY18
in UAE 🇦🇪 has been an inspiring journey of youth empowerment and climate action!
Engaging discussions, insightful sessions, and a vibrant atmosphere filled with passionate individuals driving positive change.
📣Register for a panel discussion to learn the innovative works in mainstreaming children, youth, and gender in NDCs.
The session will cover the following:
✅ Developing children, youth, and gender-sensitive NDCs and their indicators
Youth voices are crucial in shaping climate policy, and at Petersberg Climate Dialogue, young people amplifies their message: we need immediate action to secure a sustainable future.
Link to the press release :
#ActOnClimate
#PetersbergClimateDialogue
We won’t be able to deliver to you[th] the significant highlights of
@COP27
without the generosity and valuable contribution of our partners for change.
Bringing in Live Updates from COY16, Glasgow🌆
COY16 is the Youth equivalent of COP26 UN Climate Change Conference ☘️
Officially endorsed by the UN Secretary General Envoy on Youth 🍀
Watch this space for more ✨
#COP27
President meets with young and dedicated climate advocates from YOUNGO to hear out their thoughts on negotiations and possible outcomes of the conference.
In an open and candid dialogue, CP Shoukry and the young climate advocates discussed a breadth of issues from
#ClimateChange
affects us all, but it hits Black, Indigenous, and People of Color the hardest. As youth, we bear the burden and need your attention. Let's phase out fossil fuels and scale up renewables together. It's time for a drastic course correction!
#YouthClimateAction
Youths active participation is a must for the success of NDCs.🙋♀️🙋♂️
NDCs WG is one of the active working groups of YOUNGO that functions to support young people to understand, monitor, and follow NDC,