Youth For Climate | Youth Driving Ambition

Youth 4 Climate Manifesto

💬 Why This Manifesto?

Young people are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, but their voices remain underrepresented. This manifesto reflects youth visions, demands, and solutions for ambitious and just climate action at local, regional, and global levels.

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🔹 1. Youth Driving Ambition

Placing young people at the heart of climate decision-making.

Meaningful Participation

  • Governments must guarantee youth representation in climate negotiations and national climate councils.

  • Create permanent youth advisory roles in climate ministries and county governments.

  • Ensure youth inclusion is not tokenistic but influential in shaping policy outcomes.

Capacity-Building

  • Provide formal and informal training on climate science, leadership, advocacy, and entrepreneurship.

  • Expand mentorship and peer-to-peer learning programs across regions.

  • Recognize and support indigenous and community-based knowledge.

Funding

  • Establish accessible youth-dedicated climate funds with simple application processes.

  • Channel resources to grassroots and marginalized youth groups.

  • Ensure transparency in funding distribution and reporting.

Cross-Cutting Proposals

  • Mainstream youth priorities across climate policies.

  • Promote gender equality and intergenerational equity.

  • Create monitoring mechanisms led by youth themselves.

🔹 2. Sustainable Recovery

A just, inclusive and green recovery for people and the planet.

Energy Transition & Green Jobs

  • Invest in renewable energy infrastructure and innovation.

  • Support just transition programs ensuring no one is left behind.

  • Prioritize green jobs for young people through vocational training and entrepreneurship hubs.

Adaptation, Resilience & Loss and Damage

  • Finance community-based adaptation, especially in vulnerable rural areas.

  • Establish compensation mechanisms for climate-related loss and damage.

  • Integrate indigenous knowledge into resilience strategies.

Nature-Based Solutions

  • Protect forests, water towers, and biodiversity through reforestation and conservation.

  • Support youth-led ecosystem restoration projects.

  • Link nature-based solutions to food security and livelihoods.

Financial Flows

  • Increase climate finance transparency and accountability.

  • Ensure equitable distribution of funds to frontline communities.

  • Reduce barriers for youth and grassroots organizations to access global climate funds.

Tourism

  • Promote eco-friendly tourism that protects nature and benefits local communities.

  • Encourage green standards for tourism businesses.

  • Involve youth in managing sustainable tourism initiatives.

🔹 3. Non-State Actors’ Engagement

Harnessing the power of businesses, civil society, and communities.

Food

  • Transform food systems towards sustainability and climate resilience.

  • Encourage climate-smart agriculture led by youth farmers.

  • Reduce food waste across supply chains.

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  • Support youth startups working on clean tech, waste management, and renewable energy.

  • Provide incubation, mentorship, and access to finance.

  • Build youth innovation hubs across counties.

Fossil Fuel Influence

  • Phase out subsidies for fossil fuels and redirect investment into renewables.

  • Restrict lobbying by fossil fuel companies in climate policy spaces.

  • Hold corporations accountable for pollution and emissions.

Non-Party Stakeholder Alignment

  • Ensure businesses and civil society align with Paris Agreement goals.

  • Demand transparency in climate pledges and actions.

  • Build partnerships that prioritize justice, equity, and sustainability.

🔹 4. Climate-Conscious Society

Raising awareness, educating citizens, and shifting culture.

Education

  • Integrate climate change across all levels of formal education.

  • Strengthen vocational and technical training for green skills.

  • Support non-formal education through community programs and arts.

Showcasing Impacts & Solutions

  • Highlight youth-led innovations in renewable energy, waste management, and conservation.

  • Use storytelling and digital platforms to share local success stories.

  • Recognize youth as knowledge producers, not just beneficiaries.

Public Awareness & Mobilization

  • Run nationwide climate campaigns engaging schools, faith groups, and communities.

  • Promote climate action through music, art, and sports.

  • Mobilize youth in collective movements for accountability.

Media

  • Train journalists on climate reporting.

  • Partner with media houses to amplify youth voices and solutions.

  • Use social media to counter misinformation and build awareness.

🚀 Call to Action

Youth are not just leaders of tomorrow — we are the leaders of today.
This manifesto is a rallying point for governments, businesses, civil society, and communities to partner with young people in building a just, sustainable, and climate-resilient future.

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