Youth in action on on climate climate change:

16 <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>action</strong> on climate change: <strong>in</strong>spirations from around the world
United Nations
Jo<strong>in</strong>t Framework
Initiative on
Children, <strong>Youth</strong> and
Climate Change
The United Nations system recognizes the key role that youth play <strong>in</strong>
tackl<strong>in</strong>g climate change and works closely with youth-led and youthfocussed
organizations around the world through the United Nations
Jo<strong>in</strong>t Framework Initiative on Children, <strong>Youth</strong> and Climate Change (Jo<strong>in</strong>t
Framework Initiative). S<strong>in</strong>ce 2008, the Jo<strong>in</strong>t Framework Initiative has been
coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g efforts of 16 <strong>in</strong>tergovernmental entities and many youth
organizations to empower youth to take adaptation and mitigation <strong>action</strong>s
and enhance effective participation of youth <strong>in</strong> climate change policy
decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g processes.