Asian Youth Adaptation Forum

Six out of the top ten countries on the Global Climate Risk Index are located in Asia, making it one of the regions most affected by extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change. For a climate-resilient future it is critical that young people play a central role in adaptation.

Event description:

On the road to the Africa Climate Action Summit and COP28, the Asian Youth Adaptation Forum aims to promote the perspectives of young people in adaptation policies; catalyze innovative ideas and adaptation action; and empower the youth adaptation movement to raise the political pressure on the international community to double adaptation finance.

Young people are leading on adaptation solutions. This is demonstrated by the inspiring winners of the flagship YouthADAPT Solutions Challenge. The YouthADAPT Challenge seeks to boost sustainable job creation through support for entrepreneurship under the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank. 

To disseminate adaptation information to young people and showcase African youth leadership to catalyze innovative thinking around the world, the forum will include the presentation of a fact sheet on Locally Led Adaptation. The fact sheet is tailored to a youth audience from GCA’s flagship State and Trends in Adaptation report by members of the CEO’s Youth Advisory Panel. 

Key objectives: 
Specifically, the Asian Youth Adaptation Forum aims to:   

• Promote the perspectives of young people in adaptation policies including the Global Goal on Adaptation and National Adaptation Plans to advance inclusive and equitable adaptation decision-making and action by bringing together experts, policy-makers, and young people.  
• Catalyze innovative ideas and adaptation action in young people by featuring African youth leadership around the world, including the African YouthADAPT winners. 
• Empower the youth adaptation movement to raise the political pressure on the international community to double adaptation finance.