LCOY
Local Climate Change Conference of Youth
LCOY 2023
LCOY 2024
LCOY 2025
LCOYs represent the first step in an upward, cascading process that begins at the local community level and extends all the way to negotiation rooms at the United Nations where local youth voices are transformed into global climate advocacy.
LCOY 2025
The Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) is a decentralized space—both physical and virtual—hosted by youth around the world under the umbrella of YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It aims to empower young people and unify their voices in addressing the climate crisis.
Across the globe, each national conference produces a National Youth Statement (NYS), which directly feeds into the Global Youth Statement (GYS)—YOUNGO’s main advocacy tool in the negotiations of the Conference of the Parties (COP).
Since its launch in 2015, LCOY has reached thousands of young people in more than 90 countries worldwide.
Conference Preparatory Sessions
Homs
(Climate justice to support reconstruction efforts and social peace)
Deir ez-Zor
(Climate change and rural communities, and justice in resource distribution)
Hama
(Water and climate justice in rural communities)
Damascus
(Climate policies, environmental governance, and the role of youth in climate justice)
Aleppo
(Climate change, industry, agriculture, and environmental peace)
Idlib
(Climate change, industry, agriculture, and environmental peace)
Latakia
(Forests, climate change, and reforestation as a means of environmental recovery)
Tartus
(Coastal environment, marine pollution, and local environmental peace)
Hackathon
Through these events, youth are able to present a youth statement that includes concrete policies to address climate change, which are presented at international summits such as the Climate Change Summit (COP), reflecting the UAE’s commitment to promoting the role of youth in climate action and providing them with the necessary support to achieve a positive impact at the local and international levels.
LCOY 2024
The Local Conference on Climate Change (LCOY) is an annual event organised for the second time in Syria, which aims to empower youth through their active participation in discussing climate change issues and proposing innovative solutions to confront them. The conference is organised globally by the Youth and Children Unit (Yongo) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
One of the main points of focus of the conference is the importance of youth participation in confronting the effects of climate change, as their role is pivotal in providing new and innovative solutions. The conference aims to promote environmental awareness among youth and develop their skills in this field, allowing them to effectively contribute to national and international efforts to address climate change.
The conference is of great importance at the local level of the host country, as it contributes to building the capacities of local youth and developing their skills in the field of climate action. It also fosters collaboration between government entities as well as international and local organisations, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and promoting green growth.
Conference Preparatory Sessions
Aleppo
Damascus
Latakia
Homs
Deir ez-Zur
Hama
LCOY 2023
For the first time in Syria
The Syrian Climate Pioneers Foundation and Sanad Development Foundation hosted the event in the Syrian capital Damascus, under the sponsorship and support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Syria, in the presence of the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment, represented by the Assistant Minister Mr. Motaz Doh Ji, and the participation of young men and women who are influential and leaders in their communities and youth representatives from many influential entities in the community.
Honorary trophy presented to The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
The Syrian Climate Pioneers Organizing Team
The virtual conference was organised on 22/9/2023 via Zoom App
To watch the virtual conference, click here
From the first LCOY conference and from three Syrian governorates as well as virtual conferences, and with the collaboration of more than 20 local partners, we have collected inputs and recommendations that we carried with us to COP28.
Here is a copy of the first Syrian Youth Climate Change Statement.