Youth meaningful participation as a turning point for climate action and NDC ambition (Public Consultation)

Moderators

Angelica Shamerina
Environmental Specialist Climate Change

Maria Stage
Programme analyst

Katharina Davis
Technical Expert - Climate & Water, Urban Resilience

Alana Craigen
NDC Coordinator

Melissa Ingaruca
Youth and climate consultant

Martin Cadena
Community of Practice Facilitator

Heeta Lakhani
Director, UmeUs United Pvt. Ltd. & YOUNGO Focal Point

Marie-Claire Graf
Youth climate advocate, activist and change makers, YOUNGO Global Focal Point & co-founder Sustainability Week International

Monika Skadborg
Chair of the Youth Climate Council

Vugar Allahverdiyev
Programme Officer, Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth

Chiagozie Udeh
Chairperson, Global Executive Board

Amy Wickham
Programme Specialist - Climate, Energy and Environment

Margaret Ferrato
Climate Change Consultant, Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth

Felix Nasser
Climate-activist

María Angelica Villasante

Rebecca Carman
Climate Technical Specialist

This consultation is now closed

Thank you to all participants around the globe who shared their valuable knowledge and expertise. A special thanks to all moderators for their fantastic work!

The final report of the e-discussion can be found here

This consultation is open to public participation.

If you have a UNDP email address, you can visit the UNDP-only consultation on Young people powering climate action (UNDP-only discussion) - sparkblue.org/undp-youth4climate

Welcome to the e-discussion on "Youth meaningful participation as a turning point for climate action and NDC ambition”.

We need your unique insights and perspectives to make climate action more ambitious, and more youth-responsive and youth-driven. As the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners implement the Climate Promise, and support and advocate for more ambitious NDCs, there is growing consensus that a key success factor for raising climate ambition is ensuring an inclusive process that brings together government at all levels with youth organizations, movements, and networks, as well as with other citizens, private sector, and key stakeholders and partners. In particular, young people’s needs and aspirations should be captured in the NDCs and their role as positive agents of change should be better recognized, promoted and supported.

UNDP is making unprecedented efforts to support countries in developing more ambitious NDCs and UNDP’s Climate Promise is already supporting 112 countries. This online global e-discussion is brought to you by UNDP’s NDC Support Programme, supported by the European Union, Germany and Spain and UNDP’s Youth Global Programme for Sustainable Development and Peace, supported by Denmark and Italy, who are collaborating to develop the first guidance package for UNDP practitioners on Youth & NDCs, as part of the Climate Promise. This online global e-discussion is a key step to ensure that we collectively reflect on recent and ongoing promising practices and identify opportunities and powerful policy and programming recommendations with youth at the core.

Welcome development practitioners, climate specialists, activists (youth and non-youth):

Please join Rooms 1-3 and submit your answers by 7 August, in response to all or some of the guiding questions. Room 3 is specifically designed for young participants, in order to address their own experiences and reflections in greater detail.
Share links to relevant organizations, initiatives or other material as support for your answers if needed.
Disseminate the link to this online global e-discussion within your networks and encourage more stakeholders, in particular youth organisations, movements and networks, to contribute!

The purpose of the e-discussion is to:

Learn about your unique perspectives and recommendations and ensure they inform the development of a guidance package to effectively promote and support youth meaningful participation and youth empowerment in climate action using the NDC enhancement process as a key entry point. The guidance is for UNDP practitioners primarily and will also inform the broader community of practitioners globally interested in youth and climate policy and programming support.
Collect concrete inputs and leads for possible case studies from countries across all regions to be considered for the UNDP guidance package – ensuring that our recommendations are informed by evidence and real-world experience.
Identify key individuals and groups to consult through in-depth interviews going forward.
Hear about emerging challenges and opportunities and identify future partnerships and longer-term collaboration on youth and climate action.

Discussion rooms

All respondents are welcome to join Rooms 1 - 2. Please keep in mind that Room 3 is specially designed for young participants.

We thank our moderators from the following organizations and networks: YOUNGO; the Office of the Secretary-General Envoy on Youth, Plant for Planet Nigeria, Klimaneustart, UNICEF, the Danish Youth Climate Council, Jovenes Peruanos frente al Cambio Climático, and UNDP.

For questions about SparkBlue, which is hosting this consultation, please contact info@sparkblue.org.