CLIMATE JUSTICE
YOUTH ADVANCING ENGAGEMENT IN CLIMATE JUSTICE
Climate justice begins with those most affected leading the way. Across Asia and the Pacific, young people—especially from Indigenous, grassroots, and frontline communities—are driving rights-based climate action grounded in equity, inclusion, and lived experience. Explore youth-led efforts to defend environmental rights, shape just policies, and ensure that no voice is left behind in the fight for a fairer, more sustainable future.
The Asia-Pacific Youth Advisory Group brings together young leaders from diverse backgrounds—spanning grassroots movements, Indigenous communities, and frontline groups—to inform and influence environmental and climate justice efforts across the region. Anchored within YECAP and supported by UNDP Country Offices in 36 countries, the group serves as a strategic bridge between community realities and institutional climate action, ensuring that policy conversations reflect the lived experiences of youth most impacted by environmental injustices.
Asia-Pacific Youth Advisory Group
This six-month Indigenous youth-led fellowship equips emerging leaders from Indigenous communities across Asia and the Pacific with the tools, networks, and support to influence climate action and policy. Delivered in partnership with the Asia Indigenous Youth Platform (AIYP) under the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and YECAP’s convening partners, the programme ensures that Indigenous youth are not just included—but centered—in shaping solutions that respect their rights, knowledge, and cultural identity.
YECAP Indigenous Fellowship Programme
YOUTH TAKING THE STAGE IN CLIMATE JUSTICE
Asia Regional Dialogue on Climate Justice
The Asia Regional Dialogue on Climate Justice brought together young people and children from across the region to voice their demands for equity, accountability, and rights-based climate action. Co-organized by UNEP, OHCHR, UNICEF, and UNDP, the dialogue provided a unique space for youth to explore their role in global negotiations, contribute to Stockholm+50, and build capacity in environmental rights and risk assessment. It marked a milestone in ensuring youth perspectives help drive a more just and inclusive climate future.
Human Rights
Day
On Human Rights Day 2022, young environmental human rights defenders from across Asia and the Pacific shared their powerful stories of activism, hope, and resilience. They spoke candidly about what inspired their work, the challenges they face, and how the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment strengthens their fight. Their voices remind us that protecting human rights is essential to achieving climate justice—and that youth are already leading the way.
Empowering Indigenous Voices: Youth Climate Action and Social Entrepreneurship
Celebrate Indigenous Voices: Youth as Agents of Positive Change Webinar
Indigenous Youths Share Their Voices through Art
IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS
ON CLIMATE JUSTICE
