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NEYCA
Network of European Youth NGOs for Climate Action
Founders:
Current Members:
- Action for Nature (NAJU)
- European Young Engineers (EYE)
- Generation Climate Europe (GCE)
- International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements (FIMCAP)
- Katholische Landjugendbewegung Deutschland (KLJB)
- Klima Delegation
- PUSH Sverige
- The Romanian Youth Platform for Sustainability
- World's Youth for Climate Justice
- Young European Greens
- Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability (YES)
- Youth and Environment Europe (YEE)
Overview
After years of informal collaboration at COPs, various European youth NGOs working on UNFCCC issues formed the Network European Youth NGOs for Climate Action (NEYCA) after COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh.
The goal of this Network is to develop joint political positions and to advocate together for our collective political demands in the UNFCCC processes. The network aims to advocate for stronger institutionalised youth participation in climate negotiations, phasing out of fossil fuels, and more ambitious climate commitments from the States, matching the urgency for climate action.
Mission
The Network aims to provide an informal and coordinated platform for joint advocacy by European Youth NGOs towards European institutions as well as individual European countries in the context of UNFCCC processes. We strive for ambitious and equitable climate action with a view to combat ‘youth washing’ and the tokenisation of young people. Additionally, it enables NGOs to learn from one another and forge connections that translate into negotiation settings.
Objectives
- 〇 Coordinated advocacy on joint interests towards the EU and European countries, focusing on more climate ambition, an improved recognition of the needs of most affected people and areas (MAPA), and the historic responsibility of the Global North to address the climate crisis and its consequences;
Updates from the network:
Our mission
YEE aims to unite environmental youth non-profit organisations in Europe in order to enhance international cooperation, increase knowledge about the climate crisis, raise awareness of environmental problems and to strengthen participation of youth in environmental decision-making.
Financially supported by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Council of Europe
