Advisor, Center for Asia Leadership
Former Warden of Keble College, Oxford University; First Chancellor, University of Derby; Director of Learning, The Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Foundation for Climate Restoration
Founder, Centre for Climate Repair, Cambridge University
International Affairs Advisor to the Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Climate Action and Environment Unit at URCS
Managing Director, ME SOLshare Ltd.
CEO, Grameenphone
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Executive Coordinator, YouthNet for Climate Justice
Chief Coordinator, YouthNet for Climate Justice
Executive Director, Leading Change Network
Chairperson, Governing Board of BYLC
Youth Ambassador Board Member, Foundation for Climate Restoration
Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)
Youth Climate Champion 2021
Youth Climate Champion 2021
Executive Director, BRAC
Climate Change Communicator, Solution 17 Global
Member of National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC), Jane Goodall Institute
Founder, Project Fortune
Founder, My Earth
Senior Consultant - Communications and Engagement, RPS
Business Analyst, Searious Business
PhD candidate, Maastricht University
Youth Economic Empowerment Specialist, FHI360, Myanmar
Project Manager, PxD
Assistant Professor of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University
Sustainability Project Manager and Consultant, Global Shaper
CEO and Founder, Kendake Honey
SBCC Officer, USAID Clean Air
Co-founder, Girls for Climate Action, Lead, Climate Justice Action Coalition, Generation Equality Forum
Fridays for India
Director of Global Public Affairs at Microsoft
Director Caring for the Earth, at Porticus
Vice President of Climate and Environment at Telenor Group
Founder of Busy Bee & The Earth
Partner at Inspira Advisory & Consulting Limited
Co-Founder and CEO at Sheru
Founder and CEO, Force for Nature
Programme Officer, Climate Change at Oak Foundation
Senior Communications Advisor, Porticus
CEO, GYLC
Chairperson, GYLC
Coordinator, Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network (CYCN)
Technical Advisor, Environment and Climate Change, FHI 360
Founder & CEO, 10Power
Lecturer, Maastricht University
Program Strategy and Innovation Director, FXB USA
Thursday, October 20
● Opening plenary: No time to waste
● Fireside chat: managing wellbeing of both ecosystems and human beings
● Panel: Intergenerational collaboration for climate action
Friday, October 21
● Fireside chat: Climate restoration
● Panel 1: Modernizing farming
● Panel 2: Plasticonomy
● Panel 3: Youth in locally led adaption
● Panel 4: The future of energy
● Panel 5: Sustainable consumption
● Panel 6: Role of philanthropy in climate action restoration in global frontline communities
Saturday, October 22
● Masterclass I: Leadership
● Masterclass II: Organizing
● Workshop: Leadership with community organizing
● Workshop: Leadership with project management
● Closing plenary: Reaffirming our commitment to climate action
Thursday, October 20
● Opening plenary: No time to waste
● Fireside chat: Managing wellbeing of both ecosystems and human beings
● Panel: Intergenerational collaboration for climate action
Friday, October 21
● Field visit to the Sundarbans
● Mangrove plantations
Saturday, October 22
● Masterclass I: Leadership
● Masterclass II: Organizing
● Workshop: Leadership with community organizing
● Workshop: Leadership with project management
● Closing plenary: Reaffirming our commitment to climate action
● Learn from globally recognized experts about pressing issues on climate change
● Develop your leadership skills
● Network with like-minded peers from around the world
● Trip by vessel to the Sundarbans, one of the world’s largest mangrove forest, and participation in mangrove plantation
● Field visit to an eco-friendly village on the coastal belt
● Certificate of participation
● Learn from globally recognized experts about pressing issues on climate change
● Develop your leadership skills
● Network with like-minded peers from around the world
● Certificate of participation
● USD 1,000 award for your project on climate change
● Press release mentioning your name
● Invitation to attend a three-day leadership course for climate change activists on full scholarship
● Make your community proud!
● There is no registration fee for participating in the virtual Summit
● The registration fee for attending the Summit in person in Khulna, Bangladesh is BDT 3,500 for Bangladeshi residents and USD 200 for international delegates
● All delegates who will attend the 3-day Summit in person will be provided with accommodation and food for the entire duration of the Summit as well as a conference kit
● Bangladeshi delegates will be responsible to arrange their own transportation to and from CSS Ava Center, the Summit venue in Khulna
● Transportation from Dhaka to Khulna will be provided free of cost for international delegates on the morning of October 20 and again from Khulna to Dhaka on the morning of October 23. Cost for any additional stay in Dhaka will have to be covered by the delegates
The Global Youth Climate Summit is a three-day virtual and in-person event which will take place on October 20-22, 2022. The Summit aims to mobilize youth, build their leadership skills, and empower them to lead the fight against climate change. It will bring together 650 youth, aged between 15 and 24, and engage them in an inter-generational dialogue with leading experts in the field of climate change.
The Summit is open to anyone aged between 15 and 24 from anywhere in the world. We are looking for young people who are passionate about tackling climate change.
The virtual Summit will take place online from October 20 to 22. All registered participants will receive an email containing URLs to join the virtual event. In parallel to the virtual Summit, the offline Summit will be held at the CSS Ava Center in Khulna, Bangladesh.
There is no cost to attend the virtual sessions of the Summit. However, participants who would like to attend the in-person Summit will have to pay a fee. The registration fee for attending the Summit in person is BDT 3,500 for Bangladeshi residents and USD 200 for international delegates.
Both offline and online participants who will attend all the sessions will receive a certificate of participation from GYLC.
Please look at the program agenda for details on the sessions and speakers.
To apply for the prize, individuals aged between 15 to 24 are required to design a community project, to be implemented anywhere in the world within six months (November 2022-April 2023), which promotes the wellbeing of both ecosystems and human beings. Selected projects will each receive a funding of USD 1,000.
Winning projects will be selected based on their creativity, implementation plan, and potential for impact.
No, we will only accept individual submission. However, you may work individually or in a team to execute your idea.
Please write your project idea within 500 words during submitting the application form. You should refer to our work plan template and budget guidelines for proposal submission.
We aim to fund 10 projects across the globe. Final decisions on winning proposals are reserved by GYLC. Prize money will be disbursed to the winners of the Youth Climate Prize upon assurance that the project proposed will, in fact, be implemented within six months of receiving the fund.
The deadline to submit proposals is September 25, 2022.
The results will be announced on October 22 at the closing plenary of the Global Youth Climate Summit 2022.
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