Climate Youth
Negotiators Programme
(CYNP)
About the Climate Youth Negotiators Programme
The Climate Youth Negotiators Programme (CYNP) trains, connects, and empowers youth negotiators to participate meaningfully in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations.
The CYNP launched on Earth Day 2022 at EarthX in Dallas, USA and emerged as a transformative platform fostering the development of diverse skilled young negotiators within the UNFCCC processes. Since its inception, the programme has witnessed significant growth and impact.
The tailored and intensive training have been collaboratively designed and developed with UNITAR’s UN CC:Learn, the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory at the Harvard Kennedy School, Collective Transitions, young and senior negotiators and diplomats, our Wisdom Councils, various UN entities and intergovernmental organisations, NGOs, academic institutions as well as key experts and practitioners from different thematic and technical negotiation areas.
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Each track consists of a variety of modules, which consist of:
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self-paced learning sessions on the UN CC:Learn platform, and;
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virtual live or in-person sessions.​
Self-paced learning to ensure young negotiators have enough time to go over essential readings prior to the live sessions and can adapt to their time zone and schedule.
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Live virtual sessions to strengthen young negotiators’ ability to interact with each other as well as experts and practitioners as personal interactions is of utmost importance.
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Each module is split into a variety of sessions. The sessions will take place on average every alternate week. Each session is hosted twice, to accommodate different time zones across the cohort.
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The last module is held in-person as a multi-day simulation ahead of COP, in the country where the COP will take place.
The CYNP will also advocate to governments and decision makers the world over to increase ambition around youth participation in decision making, support governments who are participating in the programme and champion and share best practice in relation to youth inclusion.