12/10/2025
12:00 - 13:00
Exhibition booth 320
, Morning
Why attend
Discover how intergenerational collaboration can unlock Africa’s youth-led conservation potential. Hear concrete examples, tackle barriers like funding and bureaucracy, and learn practical ways to strengthen youth engagement for nature-positive, climate-resilient outcomes across the continent.
Session Description
Africa, home to 1.4 billion people and the world’s youngest population, also harbors a quarter of global biodiversity. Yet land-use change, urbanization, and climate impacts threaten ecosystems and livelihoods. Young Africans are responding with community initiatives, cross-border networks, and policy leadership—often in partnership with women, Indigenous Peoples & local communities, civil society, and governments. Persistent barriers—limited finance, bureaucracy, and capacity constraints—hamper scale and durability. This side event showcases how intergenerational collaboration closes these gaps. Drawing on African Wildlife Foundation’s youth leadership programs and continent-wide partnerships, it will spotlight concrete examples of youth-led action and collaboration that deliver nature-positive outcomes. The session will also facilitate dialogue across generations, offering practical ideas to improve financing pathways, reduce institutional hurdles, and build capabilities to scale solutions for Africa’s biodiversity and climate future.Organized by
GEF
Partners
African Wildlife Foundation - Kenya HQ ( Kenya )