THE CLIMATE JUSTICE SQUAD
This fellowship empowers young climate activists to expand their impact and collaborate globally. Through trust-based coaching, mentoring, and project support, fellows can develop or scale campaigns, organizations, and mobilizations. The program includes a monthly stipends and travel opportunities to key climate events.
Open to everyone between 18-30 years old who is part of an organization, movement, or grassroots group. Activists from the Global South and marginalized groups will be prioritized.
Information about applications for the second cohort is coming soon.
We aim to nurture the emergence of sustainable and distributed youth-led climate leadership to drive strategic systemic change.
“It was an experience that allowed me to pursue my dream of creating an organization from scratch. Thanks to this, I was able to launch the organization, which in less than 3 months, has already reached over 700,000 views on social media.” – Federico Pellegrino, 23, Argentina
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The fellowship serves as a crucial informal trusted space and nerve center for coordination and exchange between youth activists from different backgrounds.
“The fellowship has supported my organization’s work on providing psycho-social support, along with facilitating well-being workshops to environmental defenders in the Philippines, with a focus on land defenders and Indigenous Peoples.” – Naro Alonzo, 26, Philippines
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Our goal is to serve the climate movement by supporting and sustaining activists to create conditions for a swift, equitable, and just transition while building resilience and strengthening strategic visions.
“Myself and many others became climate organizers because we saw our communities and environments struggling and needed to take action. At that time there was no formal training or access to resources on how to successfully organize. I struggled to understand the spectrum of allies, power mapping, sustaining momentum, and more. The Climate Justice Fellowship allowed me to learn from other organizers and fill in the gaps in each others knowledge about organizing. We also build an international network to collaborate on campaigns, learn from mistakes and successes, and support each other.” – Aliya Hirji, 21, Canada
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