LCOY

This page is currently under development.  

About COY

The Conference of Youth (COY) is the official event of YOUNGO, the children and youth constituency to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is an annual gathering of young people from all over the world, who are passionate about climate change and environmental topics. The global COY takes places right before the annual UN Climate Change Conference, also known as the Conference of Parties (COP), at the same location. A COY is envisioned to have the following objectives:
  • Preparatory space for YOUNGO to COP: COY primarily serves as a space for capacity building and policy training to prepare young people for the COP that follows the COY. The participants are inducted into the various Working Groups of YOUNGO, where they develop common policy positions (lobby points) and develop strategies to best advocate for the interests of youth in those policy areas.
  • Facilitating the exchange of knowledge and experience: Apart from the the primary purpose highlighted above, the very nature of COY also provides for a brilliant space for young people coming together from different parts of the world to share experiences, knowledge, thoughts and ideas for enhanced global climate action, also providing space for various artwork and movement building.
Local Conference(s) of Youth or LCOY(s) are organised (ideally) before or during the global COY in different parts of the world to increase access of youth to opportunities for training and capacity building. LCOYs are further sub-classified into National LCOY (intended for youth of one country), and Regional LCOY (intended for youth of more than one country, that is for a region/sub-region). Apart from the shared objectives of a GCOY, Local COY can also focus on climate related topics which have high national or regional importance, discuss and develop respective outputs, which are fed into the Global COY and consequently into the climate negotiations. The Team is working eagerly to finish work on the website to provide a central avenue for all LCOYs taking place this year. Stay tuned and follow Twitter (@iycm) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/youthclimate.org/) for any updates.