Climate Futures Lab - Youth Challenge International

Quick Glance: Local teams of youth aged 16-24 come together to tackle climate change.

Key Highlights:

  • Location: Calgary, Alberta and Halifax, Nova Scotia

  • Ages: 16-24

  • Website: https://www.yci.org/innovatemyfuture/climate-futures-lab

Overview:

Through Youth Challenge International’s Climate Futures Lab, youth in Calgary and Halifax aged 16-24 collaborate in local teams to tackle climate issues and design community-based projects to make an impact.

  • Gain skills through experiential climate and design-thinking training and workshops and be eligible for accessibility support, grant funding and more.

  • Partner with like-minded youth to design and implement a climate action project that makes a real impact in your community. Meet local experts and policy makers to understand your community’s unique climate needs and build youth-led solutions.

  • Connect with youth change-makers in Calgary and Halifax to learn with and support each other to amplify impact in your communities.

  • Meet local experts and policy makers to understand your community’s unique climate needs and build youth-led solutions.

  • Network with influential partners, municipalities and local youth while gaining real-world experience.

**Last updated July 2024 (description taken from the program’s website)

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