Youth-led Climate Forum Headline Event
18 November, 2025 10:00 - 13:00
Plenary - Tocantins, Area D (Blue Zone)
Preliminary Agenda
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Time
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Agenda
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10:15 – 10:30
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Intergenerational Opening Remarks
Youth + Child + Marcele Oliveira
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10:30 – 10:35
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Moderator (YOUNGO) setting the scene
- Setting the context for YCF -
- Describing a quick background and the topics that have been covered this year.
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10:35 – 11:25
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YCF synthesis
- Summarizing the youth-led climate forum sessions and key outcomes
Transition to talk about children`s rights mainstreaming at the UNFCCC as a cross cutting topic:
This session aims to highlight the importance of children`s agenda mainstreaming across agenda items. Ideally it will be delivered by the children and youth.
- Opening and setting the scene by a child
- Child Rights expert(s) addressing why children mainstreaming is important (Célia Alldridge TDH Brazil) + one person from CERI (tbc)
- Showcase of demands by YOUNGO and Child Rights Organisations (Alana, TdH, CRIN) (tbc)
- Remarks on how to progress on the children`s agenda followed by the Expert Dialogue on children (tbc)
Ms. Aysin Turpanci (former co-mod of the Expert dialogue on children), Ms. Marianne Karlsen (Follows the UAE Dialogue - Norway), Luke Millar (Adaptation negotiator - Australia), Camila Zepeda (Mexico), Julius Mbatia (AGN)
- Q/A and discussions between negotiators and young people + children in the audience.
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5-minute changeover – moderator
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11:30- 12:05
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Youth Mutirao
3 youth movements: Africa, Asia and Latin America
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12:05 -
12:50
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2025 Intergenerational Dialogue
Open Intergenerational dialogue between policy makers and youth representatives from YOUNGO, young farmers, Indigenous Youth and a child representative
- Setting the tone: Highlights and policy statements from the Global Youth Statement.
- Questions and the summary of the thematic sessions.
- Discussion moderated by a young person (also refer to the YCF synthesis)
There will be three children and youth to ask respective questions to each high level panellist.
- Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary
- Julia Gardiner, SBI Chair (tbc)
- Marina Silva - Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil (tbc)
- Joint reflection by the youth and the high level panellist.
- Global Youth Statement handing over to the Presidency.
- Photo with the GYS
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12:50 – 13:00
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Closing
H.E. André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, COP 30 COP President Designate (tbc)
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- Documentation: Publish a comprehensive report detailing the discussions, outcomes, and the Global Youth Statement.
- Dissemination: Distribute the report to all stakeholders, including UN bodies, national governments, and NGOs.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Track the implementation of the forum’s recommendations and assess the impact on global climate policy
More information on ACE and Children & Youth events at COP 30 here: https://unfccc.int/ace/cop30