The UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Center for Asia and the Pacific, under the auspices of the Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP), and in collaboration with Youth4Capacity will conduct a three-day youth camp open to youth in Asia Pacific. The camp aims to enhance the capacities of the youth to meaningfully engage in climate policy discussions and positively impact climate change policy-making processes at the global, regional, and national levels.

Objectives

The objective is to enhance the technical competencies and understanding of youth in climate change processes, particularly in policymaking and implementation. This capacity building will enable them to engage effectively in policy discussions and facilitate the formulation and implementation of NAPs and NDCs in their respective countries.

The youth camp is also envisioned to highlight the roles of children, women and girls, and youth in climate action and in shaping new ambitions.

Taking into account innovative approaches and fast-paced learning, the camp will also provide hands-on training on diplomacy and new tools and methodologies and foresight including greenhouse gas inventory, climate projections and modeling, and transparency and reporting, aimed at better equipping the youth in their engagement in policy discussions and policymaking processes.

Modules

The camp will cover modules:

1. Global and regional contexts of climate change
2. Children, youth and women in nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation plans (NAPs)
3. Youth in climate action: Entry points, initiatives and programs for youth engagement
4. Youth in shaping new ambitions: young people as policy accelerators, agents of change and implementers
5. Youth hands-on training: A) Diplomacy, B) Tools and methodologies
6. Futures thinking/foresight methodology

Expected outcomes

This capacity-building support will have contributed to the participant's knowledge and skills in meaningfully engaging in policy discussions and policy-making processes. In this case, youth camp participants became more equipped to collaborate and proactively engage with governments and other stakeholders in developing and implementing climate policies. Identified entry points for engaging in the policy-making processes at the national and local levels.

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