Rachel Boere
Across Conventions; Nature as a tool to address ...

Check out what was on the agenda at our post-COP28 event in Uganda! Through presentations, a Nature-climate clinic and interactive breaks, we delved into robust discussions on Nature and Climate Change ahead of the Climate and Biodiversity Conventions coming up later this year.

Across Conventions; Nature as a tool to address both the Biodiversity and Climate Crises
Hiring, News
Oluwaseun Adekugbe
Become a Youth4Nature Global Ambassador

📣 Exciting opportunity! We are looking for young leaders to join our team as Global Ambassadors. 🌿🌍 If you’re between 18-35 and ready to make a difference? Join Youth4Nature as a Global Ambassador (Volunteer role)! #Youth4Nature #ClimateAction #YouthLeadership

Become a Youth4Nature Global Ambassador
Knowledge Sharing, Reflections
Rachel Boere
Symphony of Sustainability: Harmonizing Nature, ...

In March 2024, the INUKA team had a chance to be part of the delegation at the Accelerating Nature-based Solutions Conference. Dive into this reflection to see what they learned, what they are feeling inspired by, and what they think is next for NbS!

Symphony of Sustainability: Harmonizing Nature, Communities, and Biodiversity
Raysa França
Cop28 Chronicles: The Y4n Journey Related To ...

COP28 was a pivotal moment for global climate action, with Youth4Nature sending nine delegates to advocate for nature, justice, and youth involvement. Click to see in our photojournal how we emphasised integrating climate action with nature and justice while spotlighting diverse youth initiatives and advocating for fair and inclusive nature-based solutions.

Cop28 Chronicles: The Y4n Journey Related To Nature, Justice And Youth
Grassland Afforestation, Landscapes, Knowledge Sharing
Oluwaseun Adekugbe
To Plant or Not to Plant: The Challenges and ...

As we venture into the expansive canvas of our restoration efforts, a question arises—To Plant or Not to Plant? Learn with us as Y4N Global Ambassador, Mary delves into the nuanced world of grassland afforestation, exploring the fine line between ecological restoration and environmental discord.


To Plant or Not to Plant: The Challenges and Opportunities of Grassland Afforestation

We are hiring: are you our next Development Director?

We are hiring: are you our next Development Director?

We very much appreciate your interest in the position, as well as the time and effort that went into the preparation of your application. This position has now been filled.

Youth4Nature (Y4N) is seeking a confident, motivated, and enthusiastic Development Director to join our dynamic, global youth team and ensure that Y4N has necessary funding to function. The role involves implementing and updating fundraising strategies, managing relationships with donors, identifying and applying to grants, and leading the Fundraising Committee.

Earth Day: Why ecosystem restoration is a planetary investment

Earth Day: Why ecosystem restoration is a planetary investment

Intact and restored ecosystems provide a wide-array of socio-economic benefits, such as ecosystem services and functions that play a highly crucial role in the daily sustenance of livelihoods especially for communities around them. Among other benefits and deeper connections may go as far as aesthetic, to cultural pillars of several societies around the globe (totems, myths).

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Moving forward with nature-based solutions: A post-COP15 reflection

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Moving forward with nature-based solutions: A post-COP15 reflection

After the recent gathering of world leaders at the 15th UN-CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) Conference of Parties (COP); we saw a rising focus on the global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource use. Nature based Solutions (NbS) can help reduce its effects to a large degree, but only if it is implemented properly and covers the voices of all its stakeholders.

Youth4Nature's 2022 Impact Report

Youth4Nature's 2022 Impact Report

Youth4Nature’s Impact Report for 2022 is a powerful reminder of the vital role that young people play in driving the global climate and nature movements. In 2022, despite facing immense challenges, including limited funding and support, the youth leaders at Youth4Nature have demonstrated the ability to catalyze significant impact and deliver practical solutions. We invite you to see what young people are capable of when they are given the resources, opportunities and trust to lead.

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Demystifying nature-based solutions and the nature-climate movement

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Demystifying nature-based solutions and the nature-climate movement

NbS have great potential to contribute to ecosystem resilience. However, the term “NbS” is vulnerable to greenwashings, and the many examples of bad-faith actors co-opting “NbS” in order to continue with the unsustainable, unjust status-quo have made it a complex and often fraught term to engage with

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INUKA HAS LAUNCHED!!!

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INUKA HAS LAUNCHED!!!

Youth4Nature is proud to announce the launch of a for-youth by-youth restoration project-INUKA. The project, which launches on 20 March 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, seeks to take advantage of experiential learning to deliver training on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) best practices, youth leadership and storytelling and scale-up solutions across five key landscapes in Kenya (Coastal Mangrove ecosystems, Inland wetlands, Semi-Arid, Highland forests and Agro-forestry ecosystems). INUKA is piloting in Kenya for 15 months following the launch, with scale-up plans to other Afrikan and Global South countries underway.

How international climate activists can help those in Türkiye and Syria

How international climate activists can help those in Türkiye and Syria

Last Monday communities across Türkiye and Syria experienced devastating earthquakes, the impacts of which are extrapolated by the impacts of climate change such as drought, war, displacement, and more. What can we do? As the global climate community, we know what solidarity looks like. Y4N Syrian Global Ambassador, Yazan, has put together this call to action.

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COP15: A Historic Moment for Youth4Nature, and for Nature and People

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COP15: A Historic Moment for Youth4Nature, and for Nature and People

Youth4Nature supported four youth delegates to attend COP15, where we advocated for meaningful youth inclusion, rights-based approaches, and explicit connections between nature and climate. Read on to learn more about what happened at this historic conference for global biodiversity, and what Y4N did there.

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What COP27 brought to Youth4Nature?

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What COP27 brought to Youth4Nature?

From November 6-18th, 2022, Egypt hosted the 27th UN Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh. As a youth organization advocating for nature and for climate justice we sent a 9-people delegation with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future.

Nature-based Solutions ahead of COP15: where are we now?

Nature-based Solutions ahead of COP15: where are we now?

It’s been over a year since we came together with GYBN and YOUNGO to release the Global Youth Statement on Nature-based Solutions (NbS). With COP15 just around the corner, we have put together a short review of what has happened in the NbS discussion since the Statement was released, and share some insights into what we can expect from the discussion moving forward.

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Food Systems as a Solution for Our Ecological Crisis: A Collaboration Between “The Farmers I Know” and Youth4Nature

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Food Systems as a Solution for Our Ecological Crisis: A Collaboration Between “The Farmers I Know” and Youth4Nature

So far, it seems like the food system and nature are at odds, but producing food doesn’t have to be a climate change driver–or something that causes or accelerates climate change. Regenerative agriculture can be part of the solution to climate change. Learn how by clicking on our blog post!

Just Released: Y4N's Private Sector Engagement Toolkit

Just Released: Y4N's Private Sector Engagement Toolkit

It’s here! We invite you to check out our brand new, by-youth, for-youth toolkit about engagement with Private Sector and actions we can take as young people to shift the status quo towards sustainability and a future for us all and for the planet.

Press Release: Youth4Nature Afrika Takes the Stage at the IUCN APAC in Rwanda

Press Release: Youth4Nature Afrika Takes the Stage at the IUCN APAC in Rwanda

Youth4Nature delegation of 6 youth leaders from across Afrika attend the African Protected Areas Congress (#APAC2022) from July 18-23 in Kigali, Rwanda. The first of its kind, the congress convenes Afrikan conservation minds in a unique format to engage on key issues surrounding the conservation of protected and conserved areas across the region under the theme, "Promoting a sustainable future for Africa."

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Whispers of Hope: Storytelling at the Africa Protected Areas Congress

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Whispers of Hope: Storytelling at the Africa Protected Areas Congress

We invite you to journey with us from the wetlands of Rwanda and Nigeria to the forests of Madagascar and Burundi, to the urban areas in Kenya, and to the landscapes of activism in Malawi. Check out our brand new virtual storytelling exhibition, made especially for the IUCN-Africa Protected Areas Congress 2022.

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Why environmental conferences matter: a wave from Stockholm+50

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Why environmental conferences matter: a wave from Stockholm+50

What happened at Stockholm+50? How does it feel to be a youth at these high-level international events? How do we take the outcomes of this event with us moving forward? Find the answers to these questions and more in this reflection from Raysa and Steph, members of Y4N Europe & Central Asia team who journeyed to Sweden for this conference.

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A conversation exploring the intersection between our future forests and young forest stewards

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A conversation exploring the intersection between our future forests and young forest stewards

Learn more about the valuable insights and perspectives we heard from our global and intergenerational panel of forest stewards that joined our official side-event at the XV World Forestry Congress!

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#PhotoChallenge: June 2022

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#PhotoChallenge: June 2022

#PhotoChallenge takes us into the depths of June, with varying experiences, landscapes and pollinators - all towards the goal of sharing the stories of our ecosystems across Afrika, from whereabouts our amazing Global Ambassadors are based.

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