New Report! This policy brief aims to highlight and unpack the key successes, structural challenges, and opportunities for locally- and youth-led NbS projects learned from Youth4Nature’s INUKA Pilot project.
We’re growing our youth fam! Youth4Nature is looking for a Finance Director! If you’re 18–30, excited about climate + nature, and ready to co-create in a global youth collective, this is for YOU! Apply by until October 10, at 23:59 UTC.
“Youth are not just the future of forests – we are the present.” What does it mean to really have youth at the table in a defining moment for America’s forests? Read our full reflections from the 9th American Forest Congress to learn more about this critical forest dialogue and what it means to be part of this space.
Unpacking water as both a trigger of displacement and a vector for peace, justice, and ecological repair, exploring case examples of youth-led solutions from around the world, and offering recommendations for next steps, this piece explores the intersections of water, mobility and NbS for climate action.
Our 2024 Impact Report highlights how our work moves between the local and global levels. We are continuously exploring pathways to ensure that our local youth-led actions inform high-level policy—and that global decision-making is meaningfully translated back into local communities and ecosystems. Hear directly from our team about some of our most impactful work in 2024, and how we are working towards a future where communities thrive with nature across generations.
On September 30, 2020 countries from around the world convened for the UN Biodiversity Summit. Following on the heels of the #NatureForLife Hub, hosted by the UNDP, UNEP and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and taking place just weeks after the 5th Global Biodiversity Outlook was released, the theme of the Summit was Urgent Action on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development. This theme was presented as a way for global leaders to present ambitious commitments for biodiversity ahead of the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, which will focus on action - the strategies and financial requirements needed to turn these commitments into realities.
Plastics are the newest, most persistent mode of modern-day slavery, or should we call it rightly, “Neocolonialism”? Plastic pollution is as much a menace as the petroleum sources that see it to life. Since the discovery of fossil fuels and the extraction of oil to power global economies, human consumption has increased just as the need to produce more and more plastic products skyrocketed….
Last June, we hosted a knowledge-sharing webinar, focused on the African region. It explored the role of intergenerational approaches to nature-based solutions implementation. We commit as always, to keep active conversations going, and to be on the frontlines of making a genuine case for youth & community leadership in the implementation processes.
As we look back and reminisce on the forum that was, we have put together below, some key learnings from our participants and Youth4Nature community. Enjoy!
This is part of a short series for International Youth Day that is looking at how young people see, understand, and are acting for and with forests.
“We planted all this not for ourselves but for our neighbours. Each household now has at least 5 plants from us. I was able to teach children, youth and elders the role of trees and forests, any why forest conservation is crucial. When you plant even one tree, you have the power to influence so many people; indeed, you can influence life all over the world.”
This is part of a short series for International Youth Day that is looking at how young people see, understand, and are acting for and with forests.
“Since April 2019, the news has been dominated by a controversial decommissioning project for public utility, in particular regarding the exploitation of part (16 ha) of the classified forest of Kua for the construction of a hospital. This decision revolted us young climate activists and we started to protest.”
We are humbled and thrilled to announce that Youth4Nature is hiring! We are looking for seven young individuals to join our team and help us grow: one full-time Communications Director, and six part-time Regional Directors.
Thank you to our funders, ClimateWorks Foundation, for making this possible.
As a global, youth-led organisation working in the climate and environmental space, we hold ourselves accountable to the demands for racial justice in light of the recent events surrounding the murder of George Floyd and the consequent outburst of solidarity across the world against institutionalized racism, within the justice system and beyond.
Youth4Nature stands in solidarity with Black communities and the Black Lives Matter movement.
#BlackLivesMatter
This blog is part of a series, led by the Youth4Nature USA Team, to celebrate World Bee Day (May 20, 2020).
On World Bee Day 2020, we are highlighting this colorful arthropod because they are not just an abstract factor of our environment - they are right in your communities. Whether we are talking about wild bees or hived bees, we can each play a specific role to support and invite more pollinator activity.
This blog is part of a series, led by the Youth4Nature USA Team, to celebrate World Bee Day (May 20, 2020).
What would a world without bees look like?
Initially, we might think that a world without bees might mean a world without honey, which is devastating in and of itself. Then, we might consider that a world without bees may also mean a world without wildflowers, since almost every flowering plant requires pollination.
What we may not fully appreciate is the potential economic and cultural impact of losing bees.
This blog is part of a series, led by the Youth4Nature USA Team, to celebrate World Bee Day (May 20, 2020).
Today, as you may know, is Bee Day. As a person who lives in the northeast United States, I’ve recently been witness to the amazing work people around here are doing on protecting and restoring pollinator habitats. Many of these projects involve or are led by youth and can be adapted or replicated in your own community, so I’ll give a few examples.
The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day was last week, and as many of us are physically isolating by spending more time at home what may have just been a single day of events grew to an entire week on online engagement opportunities. The Youth4Nature team had the chance to contribute to a number of these events, and even lead our own. Here is our Earth Week 2020 Recap.
UNFCCC COP25 was a pivotal learning experience for all of us at Youth4Nature. COP25 was disappointing, challenging, and trying in ways that we had not anticipated.
What happened in the big picture? What happened for us? And where do we go from here?
Youth4Nature is proud to announce that we are sending a global delegation of youth to attend the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from December 2-13 in Madrid, Spain.
We are thrilled to announce the following official side-events to be held by Youth4Nature at the 15th Conference of Youth and COP25:
“In the end, thanks to the Immersion and my reflections on challenging experiences, I have come to the realisation that I can’t sustainably and joyfully work towards transformative and systemic change without undergoing some inner changes in my perspective and ways of functioning as part of the process. As mentioned, mobilising, campaigning and organising isn’t easy. And trying to do it without feeling comfortable in its innate intricacy, without love and positive energy is not possible in the long run. “
The Youth4Nature delegation to New York for the UN Climate Action Summit comprised of 12 young professionals from 10 countries: Kazazkhstan, Ukraine, Kenya, Nigeria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, the United States and Canada!
Our diverse team of young nature and climate leaders all had unique experiences particular to their interests, policy experience, and regional networks. So, what did we think of the New York Climate Week and UN Climate Action Summit?
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