Important actors and organisations
Important actors and organisations
biodiversity loss and environmental pollution. Its global educational programmes Eco-Schools, Learning About Forests and Young Reporters for the Environment empower young people to create an environmentally conscious world through a solutions-based approach. Eco-Schools is the largest global sustainable schools programme.
→ Further information: Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE)
Fridays for Future Fridays for Future is a youth-led and -organised global climate strike movement that started in August 2018, when 15-year-old Greta Thunberg began a school strike for climate. Today, Fridays for Future is a social movement that is active on national and international level. It fights for comprehensive, fast and effective climate protection measures in order to achieve compliance with the 1.5°C climate target. In 2019 the movement organised Global Week for Future , a series of 4,500 strikes across over 150 countries. It also organises climate activism around international political events such as COP World Climate Conferences.
International Young Naturefriends (IYNF) International Young Naturefriends (IYNF) is an international organisation bringing together Young Naturefriends and their organisations across Europe. IYNF organises various activities on climate protection and the SDGs and promotes young people’s active participation in social life. IYNF is also a training and exchange provider organising international youth exchanges and capacity building activities for the benefit of its members. Its exchanges and training activities focus on its core fields environmental education, outdoor programming and amateur art. IYNF also produces methodological publications and runs information campaigns.
→ Further information: Fridays for Future
Generation Climate Europe Generation Climate Europe (GCE) is a coalition of youth-led networks on climate and environ- mental issues at the European level that incorporates 381 national organisations across 46 Euro- pean countries. Its working groups engage young people and offer them the opportunity to play an active role in EU decision-making and be heard on climate and environmental issues. There are working groups on, e.g., sustainable development, climate justice and clean mobility.
→ Further information: International Young Naturefriends
Yes to Sustainability Yes to Sustainability is a network of young people and youth workers whose aim is to bring together young people in ecovillages and sustainable projects in Europe. The networks organises international youth exchanges and international mobility activities for youth workers such as training courses and seminars. These activities are funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme. Yes to Sustainability also offers support and mentoring to ecovillages, networks, sustainable projects and young people wishing to organise an international youth exchange.
→ Further information: Generation Climate Europe
Green 10 Green 10 is a coalition of ten of the largest environmental organisations and networks in Europe that works to ensure that the European Union protects the climate, the local environment, biodi- versity and human health within and beyond its borders.
→ Further information: Green 10
→ Further information: Yes to Sustainability
International Forum for Volunteering in Development The International Forum for Volunteering in Development (Forum) is a global network of organ- isations that work with volunteers to achieve sustainable development goals. Its members can take part in a range of working groups and communities of practice including on climate action. The Forum Climate Action Group was established to inform, spur action among and provide practical advice to Forum members on climate issues. In 2020, Forum organised its annual conference for international volunteer cooperation organisations (IVCO) as a virtual conference on volunteering for climate action. Several papers have been published to explore the connec- tion between volunteering and climate action.
World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) The World Organisation of the Scout Movement is a confederation of over 170 national Scout organisations. Scouts are engaged in sustainability and climate action and are committed to protecting, preserving and restoring the planet. WOSM’s World Triennial Plan 2021-2024 is centred around the theme of recovery and sustainability. Scouts across the globe have completed thousands of environment-related projects under the World Scout Environment Programme. In 2020 WOSM launched a reshaped environmental education programme called Earth Tribe , whose thematic focus is on biodiversity conservation, plastic waste prevention and climate-friendly solar energy.
→ Further information: International Forum for Volunteering in Development
→ Further information: World Organisation of the Scout Movement
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