The Climate Champions Team is now looking for its fourth cohort of ambitious and stubbornly optimistic Youth Fellows. The programme creates a pathway for young professionals to work within the team supporting the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP28 and COP29 – H.E Razan Al Mubarak and Ms Nigar Arpadarai – to drive real-world momentum into the UN Climate Change negotiations. As part of the Youth Fellowship programme, you will help mobilise climate action amongst non-State actors to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, in close collaboration with the UNFCCC, the Marrakech Partnership and the COP Presidencies.
The fellowship will include modules on personal leadership development, mentoring, engagement with stakeholders, systems mapping and horizon planning, mobilisation and outreach in broader networks including working closely with local, regional and global youth organisations to ensure knowledge sharing and solutions exchange. There will also be an opportunity for the fellows to work together as a collective to explore projects and outreach.
Who should apply: Are you an early- or mid-career professional, aged over 18, but aged 30 or under 30 as of 1st January 2024? Do you have a record of engagement or expertise in the thematic areas hosting the fellowship, and a history of climate or sustainability advocacy? Are you familiar with multi-stakeholder organising? If so, we strongly encourage you to apply!
Eligibility Criteria
- 30 or under 30 years of age as of 1 January 2024 (minimum age to apply is 18 years)
- Minimum five years of full-time work or volunteering experience, either in one of the fellowship sectors, climate leadership or organising
- Ability to commit a minimum of 16 hours a week to the fellowship
- Self-motivated and willingness to be flexible (you will be working with teams across different time zones)
- Adequate network relevant to sector-specific or climate-related work
- A commitment to the values of the Climate Champions Team to raise non-state actor commitments to the global goals of the Paris Agreement
Click here for more information: https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/the-climate-champions-youth-fellowship-2024/
