Climate change is one of the most important issues affecting children and youth, especially in developing countries with low incomes, large rural populations, reliance on natural resources, and less robust risk management and safety nets. When it comes to decisions on climate action, adaptation, environmental protection, and sustainable development, youth are key stakeholders and have to live with the consequences of today's actions or inactions. In addressing the impacts of climate change and sustainable development needs, it is important to engage diverse stakeholders and scale up ambition on different levels and sectors, especially in the context of raising awareness and developing innovative solutions. Youth are a key stakeholder group and also an important constituency under the UNFCCC process. The importance of youth engagement is focused on through the Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) work under Article 6 of the UNFCCC and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement. ACE sets out an overarching goal to empower society, including youth, to engage in climate action through education, training, public participation, public awareness, public access to information, and international cooperation. To better engage youth in climate action, it is important that youth are included in decision making processes such as those related to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and other policies and actions to make them more inclusive, participatory and multi-stakeholder driven. SLYCAN Trust through its areas of focus prioritises youth as a key stakeholder in engagement and aims to identify gaps and needs for youth engagement in climate processes and climate action, and addressing them through a multi-stakeholder driven process. This workshop is organized as a part of the Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) Youth Forum 2021 and as a follow-up activity of the Global Youth Forum on Climate Change to empower youth, build capacities, and engage youth in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that leads to the development of a draft strategy for youth engagement in climate action.
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