Climdev-Africa youth platform: empowering African youth for climate change dialogue and response actions

Abstract

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. The Paris Agreement lays out long-term ambitions for climate change response and urges the engagement of non-State actors, especially young people, in the solution space. This development is a significant shift in promoting equity and inter-generational participation that necessitates a framework for enhancing youth preparedness for national climate response actions. The goal of the ClimDev-Africa Youth Platform is to empower African youth by enhancing their capabilities and skillsets on a range of climate change response actions to support Africa’s transformation agenda and transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient development pathways.