Climate and YOUth Summit: September 6, 2025

À travers cette session, je partagerai une expérience de recherche-action menée dans le cadre de ma thèse de doctorat en médecine sur les vagues de chaleur de 2024 à Ouagadougou. Cette étude a permis d’explorer les impacts sanitaires de la chaleur extrême, les perceptions des communautés urbaines et leurs réponses comportementales face à ce risque climatique émergent. Cette session sera un espace de partage de connaissances et d’expériences avec d’autres jeunes engagés sur le climat et la santé.

Speakers:
Jérémie Namoano
T. Serge Pacome Soubeiga
Christophe Harouna Tago

Organisation:
Burkina Faso Red Cross

This session will spotlight the innovative climate action projects led by YLS (Youth-Led Solutions) awardees of the Youth Empowerment Fund, a partnership between the European Union and the Global Youth Mobilization, an initiative of the Big Six Youth Organisations. Through powerful storytelling and project information sharing, selected awardees in the climate change and environment protection project area will share how they are tackling climate challenges in their communities using creativity, resilience, and local knowledge.

Speaker:
Hannah Omokhaye, GYM-YEF Awardee
Naw Aye Chan Wadi, GYM-YEF Awardee

Moderator:
Peniel Boye, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Youth Representative of GYM

Organisation:
Global Youth Mobilization (GYM)

This interactive, skills-based workshop introduces a powerful toolkit for youth-led, community-rooted action: the World YWCA's Feminist Consultation Methodology. Co-created by and for young women, this methodology provides a practical framework for designing and leading local consultations on critical issues. Attendees will leave with a foundational understanding of how to build advocacy from the ground up, ensuring that youth-led climate action is inclusive, just, and truly reflects the needs of their communities.

Speaker:
Eurisa Rukovci

Organisation:
World Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)

The session will focus on gather youth recommendations for IFRC climate action beyond 2025 and to prepare for COP interventions, in alignment with the Youth Commission’s 2025/26 work plan. Also exploring their expectations for IFRC’s climate policy, including how it can be adapted to local contexts and which priority actions the Youth Commission and Secretariat should prioritize in climate-related areas.

Organisation:
IFRC Youth Commission

ستناقش هذه الجلسة قضايا المناخ في محافظة نينوى، وتحديداً في القرى الواقعة غرب نينوى، التي تأثرت بتغير المناخ والتصحر والجفاف وارتفاع درجات الحرارة. كان لهذا التغير المناخي تأثير كبير على القرى والمحافظة في السنوات الأخيرة، خاصة من عام 2022 إلى عام 2024. ونتيجة لهذا التغير، هاجرت العديد من العائلات من القرى التي تعاني من نقص المياه إلى المدن، مما تسبب في خسائر كبيرة في قطاعات رئيسية مثل الزراعة وتربية الماشية.

Speaker:
Ahmed Tahseen

Organisation:
Iraqi Red Crescent Society

This interactive session explores the unseen environmental toll of our hyper-connected digital lifestyles—known as the carbon cost of connectivity. Participants will engage with real-world examples from Pakistan’s youth-led e-waste awareness campaigns, exploring how localized action can drive global change. The session will guide participants through identifying their own digital carbon footprints and co-creating sustainable digital habits and solutions.

Speaker:
Ali Hassan

Organisation
Pakistan Red Crescent Society

Este taller interactivo será un espacio para compartir y construir ideas en torno al uso de herramientas lúdicas como estrategia para la educación, movilización e incidencia climática. Jóvenes de distintas regiones podrán presentar experiencias, intercambiar recursos y reflexionar sobre cómo el juego puede adaptarse a contextos diversos para generar conciencia, fortalecer el tejido comunitario e impulsar acciones concretas frente al cambio climático.

Speaker:
Joshua Barahona

Organisation:
Colombia Red Cross

This session will showcase advances on alternative protein production of in-vitro muscle satellite cells of Cavia porcellus, biotransformation of agricultural waste into Acheta domesticus and Pleurotus djamor bioproteins, and the application of plasma blood proteins for bioplastic development. This project was funded by the IFRC Solferino Academy's Limitless program.

Speaker:
Mathew Cedeño

Organisation:
Ecuadorian Red Cross

In this session, we will explore how small actions led by youth can make a big difference in tackling climate change. We will present Zona Fresca, a project that fights urban heat islands through simple actions like tree planting and awareness campaigns. The goal of this session is to inspire and motivate participants to realize that even small steps can transform realities and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Speakers:
Lívia Matos Siqueira
Yasmin Matos Siqueira

Organisation:
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)

This skill-based workshop will delve into and explore universally accessible education as a transformative tool for inclusive climate action, disaster risk reduction, and environmental protection — ensuring that no learner is left behind. The participants will engage in a dynamic and interactive session that deals with the approach that integrates the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework with interactive storytelling, educational games, community-driven, and culturally-rooted pedagogy. This session is ideal for youth educators, climate advocates, and grassroots leaders looking to make climate learning inclusive, locally grounded, and globally connected.

Speaker:
Abhishek Kumar

Organisation:
Youth with Disability led Organization - The Sangyan