Environment
Resources and examples for youth programming focused on youth engagement and leadership in environment and climate change:
Policy & Strategy
- Youth and Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Education for Sustainable Development: a Roadmap (UNESCO)
Youth Statistics
- #YouthStats: Environment and Climate Change (UN)
- Young People's Voices on Climate Anxiety, Government Betrayal and Moral Injury: A Global Phenomenon (The Lancet)
Best Practices
- Youth in Climate Action Toolkit (UNDP)
- Youth Climate Report (UNFCCC)
- Skills Development and Climate Change Action Plans: Enhancing TVET’s Contribution (UNESCO)
Program Design
- Tree-Planting and Ecosystem Restoration: a Crash Course (UNEP and FAO)
- Greening Technical and Vocational Education and Training: a Practical Guide for Institutions (UNESCO)
- Climate Change Starter Kit (YouthLead)
Curricula
- NOAA Climate Stewards
- Sustainable Development Goals: Resources for Educators (UNESCO)
- YouthXchange Guidebook: Climate Change and Lifestyles (UNESCO)
- Y-Adapt (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
- Global Guidance for Education on Green Jobs (UNEP)
Networks and Communities of Practice
- Connect for Climate
- UNESCO Green Citizens
- Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network
- Global Youth Climate Network
- Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance
- UNICEF Youth for Climate Action
- This is Zero Hour
Examples
Hariyo Ban II (Nepal)
Global LEAD Models: Youth Clubs or Groups; Internships; Youth-Led Research; Youth-Led Media, Art, or Performance
- Hariyo Ban Program Phase II (Program Overview)
- Designing a Climate Adaptive World (Article)
- 10 Years in Nepal: What the Hariyo Ban Program Taught Us about Integrating Community Resilience, Climate, Adaptation, and Biodiversity Conservation (Presentation)
JaREEACH I & II (Jamaica)
Global LEAD Models: Community Service, Project-Based or Service Learning; Internships or Apprenticeships; Advocacy Training
- Jamaica Rural Economy & Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (JA REEACH) (Program Overview)
- Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change II (Fact Sheet)
- Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change II (Program Overview)
- JaREEACH Youth 4 Climate Change (Facebook)
Paani (Nepal)
Global LEAD Models: Scholarships; Internships or Apprenticeships; Youth Clubs or Groups; Youth-Led Research; Youth Networks
- Paani Fact Sheet (Program Overview)
- Nepal - Paani (Program Overview)
SERVIR-Mekong (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam)
Global LEAD Models: Youth Designers
- SERVIR-Mekong (Program Website)
- Smogathon Thailand 2020 (Article)
- Youth Tackle Air Pollution Using Satellite Data (Article)
Waste Management Technologies in Regions Program (Georgia)
Global LEAD Models: Youth Centers; Youth Clubs or Groups; Youth-Led Media, Art, or Performance; Youth Camps or Retreats; Public or Community Dialogue; Community Service, Project-Based or Service Learning; Youth Designers; Peer Educators
- Waste Management Technologies in Regions Final Report, Phase I (Program Report)
- Waste Management Technology in Regions Final Report, Phase II (Program Report)
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