WHAT WE DO
WE DESIGN, PILOT, AND SCALE EXPERIMENTS THAT TACKLE PROBLEMS FACED BY YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.
Young people shake things up and spark action beyond the status quo. Our work is focused on enabling youth to re-imagine and rebuild the flawed systems holding in place climate inaction, so that we can achieve a just, climate-resilient world. We do so by creating projects that focus on driving three large shifts.
SKills Shift
We’re equipping youth on the frontlines to create the climate futures they deserve, no matter their geographies, disciplines or lived experiences.
We’re helping youth hone the skills to be creative leaders, systems thinkers, radical collaborators, and creative problem solvers who can lead collective action, implement community-driven climate solutions, and thrive in an age of uncertainty.
Policy Shift
We’re creating new-to-the-world Labs that bridge art-based approaches, radical collaboration, and climate justice to spark inclusive policy solutions.
We’re designing projects that foster meaningful and disruptive collaborations, in order to create policy solutions anchored in intergenerational equity. We’re doing this by working with young creatives to include art-based approaches to build empathy, explore and uncover important narratives, and facilitate policy dialogues in new ways.
Finance Shift
We’re fostering new pathways to catalyze finance and scale youth-led ideas everywhere.
We’re convening an ecosystem of support, namely funders and partners, to develop innovative financing mechanisms to build the capacity of young climate leaders and entrepreneurs, and help them scale their transformative ideas.
watch us in Action
INFILtration manual
The Infiltration Manual aims to demystify municipal governance structures and provide youth with practical knowledge and tools on how to take climate action at the local level.
PARTNER WITH US
Partnerships are at the heart of everything we do. Since our inception, we’ve worked with a wide range of partners, including youth, civil society organizations, national governments, Indigenous communities and international organizations.
Climate Action CohortS
We’re bridging the gaps between policy decisions, community action, and youth engagement, while empowering the next generation of climate leaders.
YCL turns 3!
We’ve worked with our staff, Board of Directors, and partners to detail the impact we’ve had over the last three years, and where we want to go for the next three.
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