Deadline: April 10, 2024.

Young people and future generations are environmental stewards of the future. Many are also leaders and subject matter experts today. The Climate Champions Team, in support of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, are committed to strengthening youth agency in climate action. Elevating and empowering  youth voices will help drive systemic change and the Climate Champions will continue to position this vital stakeholder group at the heart of our work.

The Climate Champions Team is now looking for its fourth cohort of ambitious and stubbornly optimistic Youth Fellows. The programme creates a pathway for young professionals to work within the team supporting the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for  COP28 and COP29 – H.E Razan Al Mubarak and Ms. Nigar Arpadarai – to drive real world momentum into the UN Climate Change negotiations.

Fellows will join the Climate Champions Team for a seven month fellowship, focused on:

• The core Campaigns: Race To Zero and Race To Resilience
• Systems Transformation: critical sectoral work in Finance, tracking signals of change 
• Stakeholder and Policy Engagement
• Strategic Communications

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• 30 or under 30 years of age as on 1 January 2024 (minimum age to apply is 18 years)
• Minimum five years of full-time work or volunteering experience, either in one of the fellowship sectors, climate leadership or organising
• Ability to commit minimum 16 hours a week to the fellowship
• Strong communication skills
• Self-motivated and willingness to be flexible (you will be working with teams across different time zones)
• Adequate network relevant to sector-specific or climate-related work
• Proficient English language skills
• Your own laptop and reliable internet connectivity
• A commitment to the values of the Climate Champions Team to raise non-State actor commitments to the global goals of the Paris Agreement.

BENEFITS

1. This is a paid fellowship programme
2. Time commitment: The selected fellows will work closely with the respective sector leads during this fellowship and will be required to commit 16 hours per week.
3. Duration: The fellowship will run for seven months from June to December 2024.

APPLICATION

Each sector has specific skills requirements; therefore, they highly recommend you to please read the job descriptions below thoroughly before applying.

• Communications (Visual Media) Youth Fellow, Climate Champions Team – Job Description
• Finance Youth Fellow, Climate Champions Team – Job Description
• Race to Resilience Youth Fellow, Climate Champions Team – Job Description
• Race to Zero Youth Fellow, Climate Champions Team – Job Description
• Stakeholder Engagement Youth Fellow, Climate Champions Team – Job Description
• Systems Transformation Youth Fellow, Climate Champions Team – Job Description

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK