The UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) Action for Climate Empowerment Hub Youth Event 2026 (Bonn, Germany) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: April 10, 2026

Applications are actually open for the 2026 UNFCCC Action for Climate Empowerment Hub Youth Event. The 2026 ACE Hub Youth Event will probably be organized in Bonn, Germany, earlier than the sixty fourth session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBs), from 4-6 June, as part of the ACE Hub, promoted by the German regional authorities of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to foster training and public consciousness, coaching, public entry to data, and participation in local weather change motion.

The occasion will characteristic three days of interactive coaching modules, centered on significant youth participation in policymaking processes, on expertise improvement, and on learn how to use casual settings to have interaction communities, increase consciousness about local weather change and encourage sustainable behaviors, amongst different subjects. The goal is to apply a world perspective however underlying the interconnections between the native and the worldwide to reinforce youth understanding on how their management and innovation can promote local weather motion.

As part of the programme, there will probably be an off-campus tour to watch native local weather motion on the metropolis degree, in Düsseldorf. Participants can even be invited to start out shaping the creation of an ACE Hub Youth Event Alumni Network.

The ACE Hub Youth Event will probably be organized in-person earlier than the sixty fourth session of the Subsidiary
Bodies (SBs) in Bonn, Germany, in English and in collaboration with a number of companions.Participants can have ample alternative for change, collaboration and networking, permitting them to share information and expertise and be taught from one another. They will go away impressed and with instruments and concepts to implement and to attempt to replicate and scale-up of their native contexts. 

The ACE Hub will fund at the least 5 worldwide youth, together with 2 Indigenous youth and/or youth from native communities, and 15 youth residing within the North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) area in Germany. Externally or self-funded and independently accredited youth may additionally apply. 

Selection Criteria

• Through a name for purposes, the Official Children and Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (YOUNGO) will probably be accountable for the number of 15 youth contributors from NRW and at the least 5 worldwide youth contributors, together with 2 Indigenous youth and/or youth from native communities, who will probably be funded by the programme. Self-funded or externally funded worldwide contributors who’re already planning to attend SB64 are welcome to apply. The supply of funding should be recognized and secured on the time of application.
• The choice course of will observe a good and inclusive strategy in figuring out contributors making an allowance for geographical illustration, as acceptable, and gender stability. 
• The choice course of can even observe a multi-disciplinary strategy to make sure the participation of a various group of people, due to this fact people from all backgrounds and disciplines are inspired to apply.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants should additionally meet the next standards:

• Be between the ages of 18 – 35 on the time of the occasion;
• Be fluent in English (oral); 
• Be in a position to take part in-person for the total length of the occasion; 
• Have not participated in a earlier version of the ACE Hub Youth Event;
• Have information and curiosity in or expertise with a number of parts of ACE, i.e., local weather training and public consciousness, coaching, public participation and entry to data; and 
• Ideally concerned with or engaged on local weather change subjects on the native degree, with cities, municipalities or subnational governments on community-based local weather advocacy, motion and initiatives.
• *For native (NRW) candidates: Currently reside within the area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Programme Details

• The occasion is simply open to new youth contributors. Participants of the 2022 ACE Youth Exchange, 2022 ACE Hackathon and 2023, 2024 & 2025 ACE Hub Youth Event are ineligible to apply. • Participants are accountable for arranging their very own visas if relevant. UNFCCC is unable to help contacting native, nationwide, or worldwide authorities relating to visa requests. The UNFCCC can present visa help letters to facilitate the visa-issuance course of if wanted.
• UNFCCC could make the mandatory journey preparations, if relevant. Please be aware that itineraries will probably be primarily based on the default dates (arrival on 3 June, departure on 7 June) and default return locations. Changes in journey dates and return locations are doable via a personal deviation request, however contributors will probably be required to cowl any difference in price, if relevant. 
• Participants are accountable for organizing their very own well being and journey insurance coverage, if relevant.
• Participants are accountable for organizing their very own lodging if relevant.
• UNFCCC will present a Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) solely for the length of the occasion, if relevant, that’s meant to account for all incurred prices through the journey, together with lodging, meals, gratuities and different bills. UNFCCC is not going to present further DSA outdoors the length of the occasion.
• Participants ought to have accessible funds to cowl bills previous to and through the occasion. Due to doable delays in DSA disbursement, contributors could not obtain cost till the final day of the occasion.
• Accreditation for SB64 could also be offered to chose contributors who categorical curiosity in attending the ACE Dialogue 2026. In such circumstances, contributors will probably be registered as an “invited participant” (typically known as Global Climate Action badges) and can have entry to non-negotiation conferences and occasions through the session. Please be aware that no further DSA will probably be offered.
• Selected contributors who’re unable to attend the occasion might want to reapply to attend any future ACE Hub occasions; deferrals is not going to be doable.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the UNFCCC Action for Climate Empowerment Hub Youth Event