Green Youth Climate Fund Institution

Who is a youth?

Youth is defined by various people in various context. The African definition of youth is any young person between the age of 18 to 35 years. Internationally youth have been coordinated through the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM/YOUNGO) but at national level governments have developed junior negotiators programmes to include young people.

What is Climate Finance?

While there is no yet globally agreed definition of climate finance as per the discussion on standing committee on finance, climate finance definition can be drawn from 1992 Rio earth summit definition of environmental finance where international bodies are to mobilize 40% of financing to address environmental impacts and nations are to mobilize the remaining 60%

What Climate Finance Options are available for young people?

Histrocically, climate finance discussions have been left to governments with ministries of finance taking lead. Access to existing funds from (GCF, GEF, AF) have been left to huge cooperations with already existing co-financing locking out vulnerable young people who are also unemployed and more vulnerable

Why do young people needs access to climate finance?

Because young people will get to live with the consequences of climate change impacts, policy decisons and lack of implementaion.

How to Enhance Access and Transparency of youth climate finance?

Lobby to parties to make future climate finance mechanisms youth inclusive

We work side by side and follow each climate finance negotiations as they are developed. This is not limited to COP and SBs but also regional forums of the existing funds.

Establish systems that facilitate flow of climate finance to youth.

We are developing mechanisms and engaging with partners and stakeholders on how to create the enabling environment for young people to receive climate finance. This is at all levels, globally, regionally, nationally and locally.

Develop mechanisms that monitor the utilization of youth climate finance availed

We explore and have developed a 21 step approval process for youth project which is in phases to allow the donor/ fund giver to monitor and approve implementation by youth every step of the way.

Monitor, track and report on climate finance flowing to young people

We work towards ensuring that we monitor not only the impact of project approved but also impacts of our advocacy to ensure more and more stakeholders see the need to invest in youth climate finance. This is through the various reports that we publish.

Youth Climate Finance Report

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Insights from SB 62 Bonn sessions

The June 2025 Bonn session centered focus was on article 6.8 which centered around Non Market Approaches. The work centered around the GCNMA and the NMA platform which has recorded only one NMA. Discussion on the CDM focused on closure of the CDM project with discussions around how the share of proceeds are to be transferred to the Adaptation Fund.

COP 29 Highlights

COP 30 called for coherence of the GCF with outh funds as well as geographical diversity within the GCF Board. It also highlighted low funding to direct access entities. Discussion on the AF called for establishment of global aggregator model to channel small grants. Discussion on the NCQG are set to continue with the need to further steamline the text. Africa's proposal on climate finance was rejected.