Environment & Climate Education & Young People 2025
Global Youth Climate Training (GYCT) — Oxford Net Zero / Global Youth Coalition

Impact Report 2023-2025

The Global Youth Climate Training (GYCT) is a collaboration between Oxford Net Zero and the Global Youth Coalition, providing free multilingual climate policy training to young people worldwide. Over three series (2023-2025), 5,400 young people were trained from 27,000 applicants — 65% from most-affected areas and 21% Indigenous youth. 89% strengthened their climate policy knowledge; 77% felt more confident to engage in UNFCCC forums. £36,000 in bursaries supported COP attendance. Oxford Vice Chancellor's Award for Environmental Sustainability awarded 2024. Funded by ClimateWorks Foundation's $2m youth-led climate fund.

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Open-access virtual climate policy training (6-12 sessions per series, 6 languages); COP attendance bursaries; GYCT community (Slack, WhatsApp, community calls); in-person convenings; expert speaker programme (Oxford academics, UNFCCC practitioners); Climate Guidebook publication; advocacy for MAPA and Indigenous youth inclusion in UNFCCC Custom geography from upload: Global (participants from 100+ countries)

📊Key Metrics

27,000 applicants over three training series (2023, 2024, 2025); 5,400 young people trained; 65% from most affected people and areas (MAPA); 21% Indigenous youth Key Metric 1
89% of participants strengthened international climate policy knowledge; 77% felt more confident to advocate in UNFCCC forums; 60% credited GYCT for their success in international climate policy Key Metric 2
£36,000 in youth bursaries distributed to fund COP attendance; 100,000+ YouTube views; 6 languages of live interpretation; University of Oxford Vice Chancellor's Award for Environmental Sustainability 2024 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Climate Guidebook shortlisted for Re-Earth Initiative; 81% of 2024 participants interested in applying to University of Oxford; GYC co-director Agustín Ocaña and participants represented Rwanda, Colombia, Uganda at international climate forums
  • Programme born from chance encounter at COP27 between Oxford researcher and youth activist; selected as implementing partner for ClimateWorks Foundation's $2m investment in youth-led climate solutions; co-directors joined ClimateWorks Youth Council 2025
  • 56% women; 50% aged 16-25; top countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Pakistan, India, Egypt, UK, Brazil, Ecuador, Uganda, Ghana; funded by Quadrature Climate Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, INCITE and University of Oxford van Houten Fund

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