This Handbook contains articles to support professional skills for participants of the Youth Academy on Climate Adaptation and Leadership – a training-of-trainer’s model developed by the Global Center on Adaptation in partnership with the University of Nairobi and the University of Groningen. The University of Groningen Business School in the Netherlands is one of the program’s partners and has compiled this Handbook. This Handbook is the revised edition of the Handbooks, Part One and Part Two, which were released in 2024.

The content of this Handbook focuses on the competences and skills of young leaders in inspiring and supporting people in climate adaptation and in building sustainable living conditions. This requires knowledge of personal leadership and entrepreneurial skills, knowledge of behavioral change, (intercultural) communication, and didactic skills as a trainer.

Most of the articles discussed in this Handbook are initially developed for (international) academic students at the University of Groningen and Dutch profit and non-profit organizations and compiled by the Professional Skills Team of the Faculty of Economics and Business. Others are specifically written for participants in this Youth Leadership & Education Program.