YEE’s publications consist of useful tool-kits, guides and reports related to the environment and environmental youth work.

Youth, Emotions, and the Planet

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The climate crisis can be overwhelming, but your emotions are powerful tools for change. Youth, Emotions, and the Planet provides thoughtful guidance on embracing and managing these emotions, empowering you to be a proactive force in the fight for our planet, whilst taking care of yourself.

Whether you’re already active in environmental advocacy or just starting your journey, this handbook offers the emotional support and practical advice you need to make a difference.

 

This handbook covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • How to Understand Your Eco-Emotions?

    Explore emotions like eco-anxiety, grief, and hope, and how they shape your relationship with the environment.

  • How Can You Build Emotional Resilience?

    Discover practical ways to cope with climate-related emotions and turn them into positive energy.

  • How Can You Empower Your Climate Activism?

    Learn how to harness your emotions to drive meaningful environmental change and contribute to a sustainable future.

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The Right to a Healthy Environment

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This manual toolkit key approaches in relation to the link between human rights and the environment. It provides valuable insights into the Right to a Healthy Environment (RtHE), which are beneficial to young people. It examines the political, legal, social, and educational European context, and links it to local realities on environmental rights. It includes information on current regional policies within the scope of this theme, examples of best practices carried out in local scenarios, and extra resources.

This toolkit covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • What is the Right to a Healthy Environment?

  • Why the Right to a Healthy Environment?

  • What is the youth perspective?

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The Right to a Healthy Environment

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Empowering Youth in Cohesion Policy

Learn more about youth involvement in Cohesion Policy and decision-making at various levels in the EU.

This report explores youth involvement in Cohesion Policy and decision-making at various levels in the EU. It identifies barriers to effective engagement and offers recommendations to overcome them. Practical experiences and lessons from EUTeens4Green projects are highlighted as good practices. The final section reflects on the project and suggests improvements for future initiatives.

This report covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • What is the Cohesion Policy?

  • What is the current state of youth involvement?

  • What are the barriers?

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Local Projects Booklet - EUTeens4Green

Learn more about the local projects supported by the EUTeens4Green grant.

This booklet introduces the EUTeens4Green intiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG Regio) as well as the local projects that benefited from the provided grants.

This booklet covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • What was the EUTeens4Green initiative about?

  • What did we learn from the local projects when it comes to youth involvement?

  • What were the local project about?

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Beginner‘s Guide to the 2024 European Parliament Elections

Learn more about the EU elections process and its relevance for you.

We aim to introduce young Europeans to the European Union and raise awareness about the upcoming EU elections in June 2024. We spur every citizen to vote and play a part in shaping how Europe will look like for the coming 5 years.

This toolkit covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • What is the European Union?

  • What is the EU Parliament?

  • How do EU elections work?

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Beginner‘s Guide to the 2024 European Parliament Elections

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National Energy and Climate Plans | A handbook for youth participation

This handbook works as an explainer to the EU regulated National Energy and Climate Plans, and as a guide to how to participate in the process as a young citizen.

Each EU Member State is required to submit a National Energy and Climate Plan (NECPs), reflecting how various energy and climate targets will be achieved. According to EU regulations, these plans need to be open to public participation and consultation, yet the majority of Member States have failed to provide opportunities for the public to participate in the process.

These handbooks aim to shed light on the ways in which public participation can be improved, and how you as a young person can take part in the process!

This toolkit covers:

  • Explaining NECPs

    National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPS) are plans that each Member State of the European Union needs to prepare. An NECP should reflect how energy and climate targets will be achieved. But what does this mean in practice? What kind of information do NECPs contain?

  • Exploring the role of public participation

    According to EU regulations, all NECPs should be open to public participation and consultation. What is so crucial? And are all Member States fulfilling this requirement?

  • What we as young people can do

    Including the perspective of young people is important for well-functioning NECPs, but participation is not always easy. How can you as a young person take part in drafting NECPs? How can you make your voice heard?

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Youth Participation in the NECPs

The Legal Seeds project has been conducting interviews with young people from 4 different EU member states, in order to report on the status of youth participation in the NECP-process. We have compiled country-specific reports on youth involvement for Cyprus, Italy, Bulgaria (coming soon) and Greece (coming soon). These reports outline both the importance and legal requirements of public- and youth participation, while describing the current status of youth involvement in the NECP-process. These reports also highlight the shortcoming of the national processes, while also including suggestions on improvements to national governments.

Youth Participation in the Bulgarian updated NECP draft

In Bulgaria, youth participation is often seen as a “good to have” addition to the already minimal requirements for participation put in place. However, youth empowerment is growing and is demanding more and more accountability, transparency and engagement from public institutions.

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Youth Participation in the Cypriot updated NECP draft

The report raises awareness about Governance Regulation shortcomings in Cyprus, focusing on updating NECPs in 2022/2023. Public participation is not there solely for the sake of participating - it is there to increase the acceptability of divisive policies and unite the Cypriot public.

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Youth Participation in the Greek updated NECP draft

Young individuals in Greece perceive significant neglect in the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). The overall process of engaging in NECPs has been disappointing, failing to meet the state's obligations under the Governance Regulation.

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Youth Participation in the Italian updated NECP draft

The report highlights issues with implementing the Governance Regulation in Italy, focusing on updating National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), namely the lack of public participation in Italian climate and environmental policymaking , higlighting the bigger focus on administrative procedures rather than human rights.

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When youth takes states to court | Handbook

This handbook provides important information on the hearing and the potential impact of the Court on climate action in Europe.

On the 27th of September, the Duarte Agostinho et al case will be heard at the European Court of Human Rights. This will be the third of a series of climate lawsuits brought in front of the Court, after Klimaseniorinnen, and Câreme, which were heard this Summer. The case involves youth from 11 to 24 years old. This will be an excellent opportunity for youth all around Europe to make the voices of the youngest generations heard! We have prepared this handbook to highlight the most important things to keep in mind when following the hearing, including the potential role of the Court in enhancing climate action in Europe.

This handbook covers:

  • Youth in Climate Action

    Apart from peaceful protests, young people have also increasingly made use of the law to strive for a healthy and safe environment. And why are youth so involved?

  • Explaining the Claims of Duarte Agostinho

    September 2020, six young people and children from Portugal made a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) stating that the climate inaction of 33 states under the jurisdiction of the Court was endangering their lives and well-being. How is the Duarte Agostinho lawsuit structured?

  • The ECtHR Processes

    How does the European Court of Human Rights work? What is the role of the ECtHR in enhancing climate action?

  • Previous Successful Cases

    What are the other climate lawsuits that have yielded results?

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Climate Justice Needs An Intersectional Approach | Tookit

This toolkit invites you to embark on an inspiring journey where inclusivity and empowerment become the driving forces behind climate action.

Our Intersectionality Toolkit offers a comprehensive guide to understanding and integrating intersectionality into climate action. It provides a framework to navigate the interconnected web of social identities, power dynamics, and environmental impacts. Through a combination of research-based insights, practical tools, and case studies, this toolkit empowers users to approach climate activism, policy-making, and community engagement through an inclusive and justice-centered lens.

This toolkit covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Intersectionality and Environmental Justice

    Unpacking the connections between intersectionality and the climate crisis, exploring how power dynamics shape vulnerability and resilience, and understanding the importance of inclusivity in environmental decision-making processes.

  • Climate Impacts on Marginalized Communities

    Examining how climate change disproportionately affects marginalized communities, including indigenous peoples, people of colour, low- income populations, and those living in vulnerable regions, and how these impacts intersect with other forms of discrimination.

  • Partnership, Representation and Engagement

    Providing guidance on fostering inclusive dialogues, amplifying marginalized voices, and building partnerships to address climate challenges collectively. It also explores effective strategies for advocating for climate justice and amplifying intersectional perspectives in policy-making and advocacy efforts.

  • Tools for Intersectional Analysis

    Equipping users with practical tools, sources and frameworks to analyze the intersections of power, privilege, and vulnerability within climate issues. These tools give an understanding to, help identify and address disparities, develop tailored solutions, and foster collaborative approaches to climate action.

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Public participation in planning processes | Handbook | Legal Seeds

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After publishing our 1st handbook on environmental law basics, we continue to dive deeper into the topic.

The aim of this handbook is to provide a starting point to help you navigate planning processes and how you can participate in them. It is by no means a complete overview of this field. Throughout the handbook, we also provide links for further information if you would like to go deeper.

 

This handbook covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • What is public participation and why does it matter?

  • Key EU law tools

  • Information about public participation opportunities

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