Powering Youth Finance Instrument : A Toolkit
Powering Youth Finance Instrument : A Toolkit
a practical resource that explores the barriers youth-led organisations face in accessing climate finance and outlines recommendations for building more accessible and responsive funding systems. Developed through insights from the Climate Patch Series, the toolkit brings together the experiences and perspectives of youth leaders across the Global South.
Toolkit Focus: Explores the systemic barriers preventing youth-led climate and social innovation initiatives from accessing finance while presenting practical pathways to redesign funding systems that are more equitable, accessible, and responsive to youth realities. Drawing on research, consultations, and the experiences of youth advocates, the toolkit offers evidence-based recommendations for funders, philanthropists, policymakers, and youth-led organisations.
Features: The toolkit provides a comprehensive analysis of youth climate finance through five key sections: mapping the global and regional climate finance gap, reimagining youth funding systems, documenting insights from the Climate Patch Series and youth consultations, outlining priority reforms for funders, and presenting actionable recommendations to build trust-based, flexible, and youth-centred financing mechanisms that empower young people to scale climate action.