Youth4Climate Challenge Webinar

Deep dive on the call for solution

October 11th, 2022
14.00 – 15.00 CET
YOUTH4CLIMATE INITIATIVE

The global Youth4Climate Initiative brings together existing and new online
and offline resources, tools, capacities, partnerships, networks, and
movements by and for youth, with a strong focus on implementation, for
more sustained impact on climate on the ground.

COMPONENT 1 Youth4Climate:
Powering Action Event
This year the “Youth4Climate: Powering
Action” was an hybrid event on the
margins of the 77th session of the United
Nations General Assembly in New York co-
convened by Italy and UNDP.
CORE COMPONENTS
COMPONENT 2 Youth4Climate
Knowledge hub
A platform dedicated to youth and climate
offering cutting-edge and co-shaped capacity
building/training programs, webinars, and
networking activities, and a space make
existing local, national, regional and global
platforms visible.
https://www.youth4climate.info
https://www.undp.org/romecentre
COMPONENT 3 Youth4Climate
Solutions
A call for innovative ideas: Innovation
Challenges to support the work of young
people youth-led or youth-focused
organizations. Mentoring, advocacy support,
peer-to-peer learning, networking and
partnership development.
YOUTH4CLIMATE CHALLENGE

A call for innovative ideas.

A challenge to inspire young people from around the world to focus their
skills and creativity to take climate action.
THEMATIC AREAS AND PARTNERS​​

URBAN SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION

ENERGY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE Climate Conscious Society
Youth Driving Ambition Sustainable Recovery Non-State Actors Engagement

Partners: ENEL Foundation (TBC), Partners: UNITAR, Change for Planet,

Partners: UN Habitat, ICLEI, Climate KIC, BCG Partners: CGIAR, Future Food Institute, ILO,UNICEF (TBC), Aworld
Student Energy (TBC) CIHEAM
Foundation
And other cross sectoral partners: UNEP,
UNV, UN Global Compact
PROPOSED INITIATIVE AND TIMELINE
Innovation Challenge
Beneficiaries Young people: Between 18 and 29 years old at the time of the proposal submission.

NGOs, CSOs, CBOs: youth-led or empowering young people, the focal point should be aged
18-29

Private sector: start ups and companies led by a young person aged 18-29

Award Financial: Up to 20 000 USD/winner

Non-Financial: mentoring, training, knowledge sharing, communication

 EVALUATION METHOD AND SELECTION CRITERIA

Proposed Work Plan and Degree of Innovation Replicability and scalability Project cost feasibility
approach •Development of a completely •Easily replicable or scalable •Types of expenses and their
new idea and/or is a new amounts fully meet the needs of
•Logical and structured scope of
approach within the local the project implementation.
work with clearly defined,
context specific and innovative context.
deliverables and realistic
timelines.

Impacts on the environment
•Address particular
environmental and climate
challenges and clearly articulates
the potential for impact.
Impact on the community
•Address relevant challenges and
has a structured plan to create
positive changes in the lives of
communities.
Potential for gender equality
•Create the potential/likelihood
to contribute to gender equality
and gender mainstreaming.
Not all partnerships are legally binding
Application Form

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