Youth Actions for Climate Justice

Are you a youth worker who is passionate about engaging youth in matters of climate justice? Do you want to enhance your capacity to incorporate climate justice in your work?​​

PeaceWorks, together with our partner organisations, are offering a training course on climate justice for youth workers. Through interactive exercises, creative and non-formal learning methods this training course will promote critical reflection about the ways in which global power structures are linked to matters of climate justice, how such structures connect to the participants’ local settings and youth work as well as providing a space to further consolidate youth participation and action. This will be done by increasing knowledge about the connection between global (in)justice and climate, equipping the participants with concrete tools to easily engage themselves and others, as well as enabling conditions for creating solidarity networks and actions based on climate justice. The training course and project thus also aim to generate international connections and facilitate mobility and exchange of knowledge among youth workers from different countries. The project results will provide participants with greater knowledge of climate justice as well as strengthened capacities and new strategies for promoting increased youth participation.

When and Where?

The course consists of one course week. 

• 6th to 15th June 2023 (including two days for travelling). Location: Österfärnebo, Sweden

Who can participate?

The project is aimed at youth workers who seek increased capacity in mobilising young people for issues related to climate justice. The requirements for participation are as follows:

• You should be at least 18 years old
• You should have been working with young persons for at least 6 months
• Ideally, you should have experience with working with youth from different social backgrounds.

Moreover, it is important that participants are willing to critically engage with the topic and their own position as youth workers, different power dynamics, norms and stereotypes as well as their own role in reproducing these. Applications are welcome from youth workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, France, North Macedonia, Italy, Romania, Spain and Sweden.

How do I apply?
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form. We treat all the information you provide us with confidentiality. If you have any questions or concerns you are welcome to contact our Project Coordinator Lisa at lisa.borjel@peaceworks.se.

We look forward to your application!

/PeaceWorks and Partner organisations