UNFCCC Fellowship Programme

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The Climate Champions Team, in support of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, are committed to strengthening youth agency in climate action. Elevating and empowering youth voices will help drive systemic change and the Climate Champions are committed to continuing to integrate this vital stakeholder group into the heart of our work.

The Climate Champions Team is now looking for its third cohort of ambitious and stubbornly optimistic Youth Fellows.

The programme creates a pathway for young professionals to work within the team supporting the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP27 and COP28 – Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin and H.E Razan Al Mubarak – to drive real world momentum into the UN Climate Change negotiations.

As part of the Youth Fellowship programme, you will help mobilise climate action amongst non-State actors to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, in close collaboration with the UNFCCC, the Marrakech Partnership and the COP Presidencies.

The Climate Champions Youth Fellowship 2023 led by the Climate Champions Team – creates a pathway for young professionals to work within the team supporting the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP27 and COP28 – Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin and H.E Razan Al Mubarak – to drive real world momentum into the UN Climate Change negotiations.

Fellows will join the Climate Champions Team (CCT) for a seven month fellowship, placed within:

The core Campaigns: Race To Zero and Race To Resilience;

Systems Transformation: critical sectoral work in Energy, Finance, Ocean, Systems

Tracking, and;

Stakeholder and Policy Engagement.

Eligibility criteria

30 or under 30 years of age in 2023

Minimum five years of full-time work or volunteering experience, either in one of the fellowship sectors, climate leadership or organising

Ability to commit minimum 16 hours a week to the fellowship

Strong communication skills

Self-motivated and willingness to be flexible (you will be working with teams across different time zones)

Adequate network relevant to sector-specific or climate related work

Sufficient English language skills

Your own laptop and reliable internet connectivity

A commitment to the values of the Climate Champions Team to raise non-State actor commitments to the global goals of the Paris Agreement

UNFCCC is looking for early career professionals, 30 years of age or under (in 2023), with a record of engagement, expertise in one of the sectors outlined below and ideally a history of climate/sustainability advocacy, familiarity with coalition-based and multi-stakeholder organising.

Benefits

This is a paid fellowship.

Duration: June to December 2023

Time commitment: Each fellow is required to commit upto 16 hours per week. Work will be done remotely and online.

For further details, see: UNFCCC Fellowship Programme Website

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