CAS 2021 Anchoring Event – Youth Leadership

The Youth Leadership Anchoring Event brings together young leaders and decisions makers from all over the world to showcase the key role that young people play in leading climate resilience and adaptation solutions.

The event provides a platform to facilitate intergenerational dialogue on how to adapt to a changing world.

Youth Call to Action

Young people from more than 115 countries presented a call to action among government leaders entitled ‘Adapt for our Future’ to former Secretary‐General Ban Ki‐moon. Important international principles for the youth are the provision of universal education, expansion of economic opportunities for young people and a strengthening position for the most vulnerable young people.

As a response to the Call to Action, the Youth Leadership Program of the Global Center of Adaptation ws launched, introducing its five central pillars, “connect, educate, innovate, advocate and participate.”

Young people from the Northern Netherlands presented the Regional Action Agenda. In this report, youth – ambassadors of Youth for Climate Adaptation – illustrates seven recommendations to municipalities, provinces and water boards. Among other things, they are committed to more citizen participation and more climate (adaptation) in policy and education.

More outcomes

Download an overview of CAS 2021 outcomes and results. More per-session deliverables are also accessible from the Summit outcomes page.

Speakers

This event presents a variety of high-level speakers, including:

• Prof.Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, CEO, Global Center on Adaptation
• Ms Glimina Chakor, Vice Mayor of the City of Groningen
• H.E. Mr Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chair of Global Center on Adaptation
• Ms Nisreen Elsaim, Chairperson Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
• Ms Adriana Valenzuela, Lead Youth Leadership Program, Global Center on Adaptation
• Ms Ruhi Rusaba Jahwa Jahan, Youth Adaptation Network, Bangladesh
• Ms Vera Santing, Youth for Climate Adaptation Ambassador, Groningen
• Ms Andrea Cantillo, Youth Adaptation Network, Colombia
• Mr Joshua Amponsem, Youth Adaptation Network, Ghana
• Mr Arjen Robben, Football Player, FC Groningen
• H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma, Burkina Faso, Initiator Leader of the MAMA-LIGHT Initiative for Sustainable Energy and coordinator of the West Africa Solar Pack/ECREEE
• Ms Paola Diaz Allen, Global Youth Biodiversity Network, Mexico
• Ms Vera Santing, Youth for Climate Adaptation Ambassador, Groningen
• Ms Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management
• Ms Emily N'Dombaxe Dola, YOUNGO, UNFCCC Constituency
• CEOs

Partner organisations

We thank the youth organisations who have helped in shaping the Global Youth Call to Action on Adaptation:

Asia Indigenous Youth Platform	https://aippnet.org/asia-indigenous-youth-platform-aiyp/
Africa Youth Climate Hub	https://youthclimatehub.org/
Arab Youth Climate Movement	https://www.aycmqatar.org/
Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change	http://ayicc.africa/
Latin America and Caribbean Youth Climate Movement (CLIC!)	https://clicmovblog.wordpress.com/
Engajamundo	https://www.engajamundo.org/
Global Youth Indigenous Caucus	https://www.globalindigenousyouthcaucus.org/
Green Africa Youth Organization	https://greenafricayouth.com/
Global Voices	https://globalvoices.org.au/
International Center for Climate Change and Development	http://www.icccad.net/
March for Science	https://marchforscience.org/
UNMGCY	https://www.unmgcy.org/
Youth and Environment Europe	https://yeenet.eu/
Youth Climate Lab	https://www.youthclimatelab.org/
Youth for Environment, Education and Development Foundation	https://www.yfeed.org/
YOUNGO (UNFCCC Youth Constituency)	https://www.facebook.com/youngo.climate/
Youth 4 Nature	https://www.youth4nature.org/
YouThink Center	https://www.facebook.com/youthinkcenter/

Other partner organisations

APCO	https://www.apco-technologies.eu
Dalmia Bharat Group	https://www.dalmiabharat.com
Enel	https://www.enel.com
Executive Office of the Secretary-General	www.un.org/sg/
Foundation Princess Abze Djima	H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma Foundation home page - (princess-abze.org)
Gemeente Groningen	www.gemeente.groningen.nl
Global Center on Adaptation	www.gca.org
Iberdrola	Iberdrola: the utility of the future - Iberdrola - Iberdrola
Macquarie	Macquarie Bank | Bank with Macquarie | Macquarie
Mkopa	About - M-KOPA SOLAR (m-kopa.com)
Mutual Trust Bank	Home - Mutual Trust Bank Limited
Port of Rotterdam	https://www.portofrotterdam.com
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	www.rug.nl
Royal Schiphol Group	https://www.schiphol.nl/en/schiphol-group
South Pole	From Ambition to Action - Your Climate Journey Starts Here with South Pole
Swiss Re	https://www.swissre.com
Temasek	https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index
Willis Tower Watson	https://www.willistowerswatson.com/nl-NL
YES Bank	https://www.yesbank.in