Closing Date: 13 August 2025
Applications are now open for the YOUNGO Climate Finance Academy 2025!
About YOUNGO
YOUNGO consists of many youth-led organizations, groups, delegations, and individuals working in climate change-related fields. YOUNGO is organized in different Working Groups that focus on different aspects of the UNFCCC negotiations and beyond, and work to ensure that perspectives of young and future generations are taken into account in the international decision-making processes. Besides that, YOUNGO members observe and report on climate negotiations and the implications of their outcomes.
YOUNGO is one of the nine Civil Society Constituencies of the UNFCCC. YOUNGO is a network of children and youth organisations, groups, and individuals who identify themselves as children or youth below the age of 35 years. YOUNGO is by youth, with youth, for youth.
YOUNGO has an organized flat structure with no hierarchies and all decisions are taken by consensus via established decision-making guidelines. All engaging entities e.g. different NGOs – irrespective of their scale, have equal voice
Overview
The Climate Finance Academy is the flagship capacity-building initiative of the YOUNGO Finance & Markets Working Group. Since 2022, it has trained 200 youth annually through expert-led sessions, simulations, and collaborative learning spaces.
Led by the YOUNGO Finance & Markets Working Group, this 3-month virtual program (September to November 2025) brings together 200 youth from around the world to explore key topics in climate finance; from understanding global systems like the UNFCCC and Article 6, to unpacking tools like blended finance, carbon markets, and adaptation funding.
Through expert-led sessions and interactive workshops, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how climate finance works- and where young people can shape the future of
Let’s rise not just as voices but as builders of systems that sustain. Apply now for the 2025 Climate Finance Academy Cohort!
Eligibility Criteria:
- Aged 18–35 by December 2025
- Demonstrated interest in climate finance and/or UNFCCC engagement
- AI-generated responses will be disqualified, so please write your own answers!
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