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Germany and Namibia, co-facilitators of the Summit of the Future, announced the release of the second revised draft of the Pact for the Future. The draft is intended to serve as the basis for further deliberations with the ultimate aim of adopting an ambitious, concise, action-oriented Pact for the Future, per resolution 76/307. Paragraph 62.d calls on states to provide accessible and transparent funding and capacity-building support for youth-led and youth-focused organizations.
To this end, UNFCCC’s Youth4Capacity program together with Azerbaijan and Italy seeks to provide youth attending the 2024 UN Summit of the Future, New York Climate Week and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79) with an opportunity to build their capacities with the knowledge and skills necessary to unlock funding for their climate solutions. This workshop entitled “How to access funding for your climate solution” would take place within the margins of the 2024 UN Summit of the Future in New York and seeks to assist youth in understanding the funding landscape whilst conducting a mapping exercise as an entry point for effectively accessing finance for advancing climate solutions.
This workshop is first in Youth4Capacity’s 3-part series and will be followed by a virtual workshop under the Climate Catalysts Mentorship Programme entitled “How to raise and mobilize funds for your climate solution” and an in-person workshop at COP29 entitled “How to sustain funding and ensure scalability”. The series is led by UNFCCC’s Youth4Capacity programme and will be delivered in collaboration with TED Countdown, Youth Climate Justice Fund, Youth4Climate, and other partners as appropriate. The series will cover three key elements to effectively enable young people to advance climate solutions, including:
- Effective approaches and tools for accessing funding: Understanding the climate funding landscape, types of funding sources (grants, donations, sponsorships, crowdfunding), key considerations for youth organizations, research techniques for identifying relevant funders, tools and resources for mapping funding opportunities, building a compelling case for support, articulating the value proposition of climate solutions, and tailoring pitches to align with funder priorities.
- Developing successful funding proposals and engaging with donors: Crafting effective funding proposals, key components of successful proposals, writing tips and best practices, engagement strategies for donor relations, building and maintaining relationships with donors, effective communication and reporting, strategies for securing multi-year funding and long-term commitments, and case studies of successful donor partnerships.
- Sustaining funding and ensuring scalability: Developing sustainable business models, case studies of scalable models and their impact, best practices for replicating and scaling successful youth-led projects, financial planning for long-term stability through a systems thinking approach, and adapting to changing funding environments.
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