I. Background
The annual dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) provides a regular forum for Parties and other stakeholders to share their experiences, exchange ideas, good practices, and lessons learned regarding the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement through its six elements – climate change education and public awareness, training, public participation and access to information and international cooperation on these matters.
The ACE Dialogue 2025 will discuss the priority areas of policy coherence and coordinated action, and include an activity from the ACE Action Plan under policy coherence, in particular, a joint session with representatives of UNFCCC constituted bodies and work programmes to explore how children and youth, including those from Indigenous Peoples and local communities, can accelerate ACE implementation and foster intergenerational knowledge sharing (Action Plan, policy coherence, activity A.1).
II. Schedule Overview
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Thursday, 19 June 2025
10:00 – 13:00
Chamber Hall, WCCB
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10:00 – 10:30
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Moderators
- Tatenda Mutasa, National ACE Focal Point, Zimbabwe
- Mara Ghilan, Policy Co-Lead, YOUNGO
Welcoming remarks
- Marcele Oliveira, COP30 Presidency Youth Climate Champion
- Valery Salas Flores, YOUNGO
- Francisco Vera, UNICEF Youth Advocate
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10:30 – 12:00
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World Café – Working together across generations
This solution-focused, interactive session will generate practical ideas and opportunities for weaving intergenerational considerations throughout UNFCCC constituted bodies and work programmes, enhancing the collective well-being and meaningful engagement of children and youth, including those from local communities and Indigenous Peoples.
Opening presentation on weaving intergenerational considerations to enhance collective well-being:
- Great- Grandmother Mary Lyons, Ojibwe Elder
- Adela Tuy, Maya Kaqchikel People from Guatemala, International Indigenous Youth Forum on Climate Change (IIYFCC)
Thematic Areas:
I. Policy Coherence and Coordinated Action
- Explore ways to incorporate intergenerational perspectives across the UNFCCC process.
- Foster partnerships that align and amplify the work of UNFCCC workstreams.
II. Intergenerational Engagement
- Discuss mechanisms that ensure meaningful and culturally respectful engagement of children and youth, including those from local communities and Indigenous Peoples, in the work of constituted bodies and work programmes.
III. Access to Relevant Data and Information
- Explore opportunities to improve child- and youth-specific data, including those from local communities and Indigenous Peoples, to inform UNFCCC workstreams and strengthen accountability.
- Discuss strategies to increase their awareness of, and equitable access to, relevant information from constituted bodies and work programmes.
Guiding questions:
- What are some existing practices and approaches that UNFCCC constituted bodies or work programmes have adopted under each theme?
- How can these approaches be expanded or adapted to enhance the impact within the three thematic areas?
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Group
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Facilitator
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Co-facilitator & Rapporteur
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English I
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Roberta Ianna, National ACE Focal Point, Italy
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Kalea Adrienne Aquino, Asia-Pacific youth representative
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English II
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Kavindu Ediriweera, ACE negotiator, Sri Lanka
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Joanna Broumana, UNICEF
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Spanish
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Massiel Cairo, national ACE focal point, Dominican Republic
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João Paulo Mello Amaral, Alana
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French
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Asma Rouabhia, UNDP
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Justin Ngabu Dz'Bo, YOUNGO
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On-line
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Marcia Tinto, national ACE focal point, Trinidad and Tobago
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Nadia Zaidi, UNICEF
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12:00 – 12:20
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Report back
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12:20 – 12:45
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Open Dialogue
Drawing on the insights generated during the World Café, participants will explore further opportunities to weave intergenerational considerations across UNFCCC constituted bodies and work programmes.
Interventions from constituted bodies:
- Hendrikje Reich, Standing Committee on Finance (SCF)
- Robert Karoro, Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (FWG LCIPP)
- Rita Mishaan, Adaptation Committee (AC)
- Gabriel Kpaka, Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG)
- Angelica Romero, Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures (KCI)
- Ephraim Shitima, CDM Executive Board (CDM EB)
- Gao Xiang, Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme
- H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma, Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB)
- Li Yoo, UNFCCC secretariat, Nairobi work programme (NWP) Statement here.
- Valentin Rudloff, Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) (online)
Guiding Question:
- What additional or new steps can be taken to foster intergenerational consideration and collaboration, and ensure the voices of children and youth, including from local communities and Indigenous Peoples, help shape effective, inclusive, and equitable climate action?
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12:45 – 13:00
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Closing remarks
- Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change
- Julia Gardiner, Chair, Subsidiary Body for Implementation
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