OUR impact
2025 Impact Report
About Youth Climate Lab
Youth Climate Lab is a youth-for-youth global organization focused on transformative climate action. We develop tools, facilitate spaces, and create programs to enable young people to build the just, climate-resilient futures they deserve. Since our inception in May 2017, we have worked with over 60 partners to design and deliver 55 projects, reaching over 3500 youth around the world.
Our impact in numbers since 2017
Implemented 55 unique programs
Directly engaging over
3500 youth 30 and under,
all around the globe to reach youth in 105 countries.
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Our Strategic Objectives
In 2024 the Youth Climate Lab team developed the organization’s strategic plan through consultations with staff and board members. These conversations allowed our team to reflect on where the organization has been and where we want to be. Our new strategic directions reflect this process and will act as a guide for all external and internal decision making over the next five years.
You can review the full strategic document here or below!
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Enhance Youth Climate Lab’s Internal Resilience
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Refine & Expand our Program Impact Model
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Strengthen the Youth-Led Climate Ecosystem
Youth Climate Lab’s 2025 - 20230 Strategy
Snapshot of Our Experiments
Here’s one experiment we have done each year since 2020. Read the report to see our full portfolio of experiments!
2020
Climate Action Cohort (CAC)
CAC once again brought together SOI alumni to bridge the gaps between policy decisions, community action and youth engagement through retreats and independent project implementation.
With: Students on Ice Foundation, and the Lawson Foundation
2021
Climate Resilience Collective
A global, multi-partner initiative focused on building North-South solidarity and relationships, and enabling the scaling frontline climate action with youth from Bangladesh (Bay of Bengal) and the Yukon (sub-Arctic).
With: International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Assembly of First Nations: Yukon Region, The Council of Yukon First Nations, and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund
2022
Northern Climate Policy Manual
Created a tool to demystify Territorial and Federal governance structures, providing youth with practical knowledge and tools on how to take climate action at those levels, informed by needs identified by FutureXChange participants.
With: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Government, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, BYTE Empowering Youth Society, Students on Ice Foundation, and Canadian Climate Institute.
