The struggle for a livable planet is inseparable from the struggle for human rights and dignity. While our work focuses on climate and environmental advocacy, we cannot remain silent in the face of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
We demand an end to the violence, accountability for those responsible, and justice and peace for all. Environmental and climate justice must be rooted in the broader fight for liberation, equality, and the right of all people to live free from oppression. We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine.
We have joined countless civil society organisations and millions of people around the world in urgently calling for an immediate end to the atrocities in Gaza. Thousands of lives have been lost (many of them children) in what is an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe.
Some examples of the calls we have endorsed/signed and that reflect our position:
- Ceasing all Fire – 350 Pilipinas.
- European Environment Bureau’s ceasefire statement.
- Petition on Change.Org, demanding for a ceasefire.
- Unified call to confront famine in Gaza: Launch the diplomatic humanitarian convoy now.
- Youth Advocacy for Peace: A Human Rights Lens on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict motion from the European Youth Forum.
We also denounce the increasing censorship of Palestinian voices and its civil society supporters within international spaces, including the UNFCCC, where calls for justice and accountability at the SB62 Sessions have tried to be silenced under the guise of neutrality. We will not stand on the wrong side of history.
In parallel, we also condemn the coordinated attacks in the European Parliament during the European Youth Event (EYE) in June 2025, where the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) faced coordinated attacks from right-wing MEPs and young right-wing groups. This included a demonstration outside the European Parliament by the youth wing of Identité Libertés and Rassemblement National Jeunes, actively supported by two sitting MEPs from the far-right Patriots alliance. YEE alongside the European Youth Forum (YFJ), FEMYSO and Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) condemned these actions as part of a systematic campaign of intimidation and defamation, aiming to exclude and shrink the civic space of youth, in particular Muslim youth, from European spaces.
At this critical moment, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to justice, peace, and solidarity. The climate and environmental movement must not be neutral in the face of systemic violence, racism, and the erosion of human rights. Silence enables oppression; our advocacy must be intersectional.
We call on our peers, institutions, and allies across Europe and beyond to take a principled stand to challenge all forms of injustice, to protect civic space, and to defend the right of all young people, especially those from oppressed and racialised communities, to be heard, represented, and safe in democratic spaces.
Another world is not only possible, it is necessary. And we will not stop working for it.
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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.
