YOUTH4CLIMATE CALL FOR SOLUTIONS FUNDING

Application Deadline:  26 May, 2024

LOCATION: Italy

Y4C and its partners have launched the 2024 Call for Solutions! The Government of Italy and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with a range of knowledge partners and youth constituencies, have set out to identify, support and scale youth-led climate breakthroughs through the global Youth4Climate initiative.

ELIGIBILITY:

Structured as an innovation challenge, this second edition of the Y4C Call for Solutions aims to support the work of young people and youth-led organisations in five thematic areas: Climate and Environment Literacy, Sustainable Energy, Food and Agriculture, Nature Assets, Sustainable Consumption and Production. 

Young people are increasingly acknowledged as vital contributors to transformative climate action, playing roles such as negotiators, innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and agents of change. However, they face a significant shortfall in essential technical, financial, and political resources and support needed to fulfill their aspirations. 

Proposals, if successful, can be implemented over a maximum of 24 months. Proposals can be submitted in English, French or Spanish.

BENEFIT:

Successful applicants will be awarded:

Up to US$ 30,000 to implement or scale the proposed innovations. 

The possibility to access technical support to strengthen their capacity on specific topics. 

The support from a mentor to develop their proposal. 

Storytelling opportunities during next events of the Youth4Climate initiative and through the Youth4Climate Platform and Website of UNDP and its partners.

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UNEP YOUNG CHAMPIONS OF THE EARTH AWARD

Application Deadline: 5 April 2024

LOCATION: Kenya

Young Champions of the Earth is the flagship youth engagement initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The award is bestowed annually to ambitious young people from around the world with outstanding ideas to protect and restore the environment.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible to enter the Young Champions of the Earth competition (hereafter referred to as “the Competition”), applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30.

Additionally, each applicant must have at least six months of prior experience working on their environmental project.

Individuals who submitted applications in previous cycles of the Competition are entitled to do so again. However, only one entry is allowed per person per year.The 2024 Young Champions of the Earth will be required to share their journeys through videos and blogs on this website for up to one year. If you have at least 6 months experience working on a big idea to protect or restore the environment and will be aged between 18 and 30 on 31 December 2024, you are eligible to apply.

BENEFIT:

In 2024, Young Champions of the Earth will be selected, one from each global region: Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, West Asia and two from Asia and the Pacific. Each winner will receive: 

Mentorship, capacity building workshops and access to a UN community of experts

An introduction to dignitaries at the Young Champions of the Earth award ceremony

Publicity and recognition through interviews and online and global media

US$20,000 in seed-funding

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