Emirates Youth Leading Climate Action and Policy: Building A Youth Movement on The Momentum to COP28

The Youth-leadership on Climate Change initiative supports young climate change advocates to influence national climate change related policies. In each country, UNICEF hires a coordinator, specifically a young person, who is then responsible for creating a coordination unit.

This coordination unit ensures collaboration among youth organizations and individuals who actively advocate for climate change action and implement plans to influence policies. Plans are developed along four pillars: awareness, advocacy, policy negotiation, and strengthening of youth- led movements. This case study describes the results achieved by UNICEF in the United Arab Emirates.