Call summary :

There are 1.9 billion young people in the world, making up the largest generation in history. Young people are increasingly acknowledged as vital contributors to transformative climate action, playing roles such as negotiators, innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and agents of change. However, they face a significant shortfall in essential technical, financial, and political resources and support needed to fulfil their aspirations.

In response, the Government of Italy and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with a range of knowledge partners and youth constituencies, have set out to identify, support and scale youth-led climate breakthroughs through the global Youth4Climate initiative (Y4C)

Youth4Climate has now launched its 3rd annual Call for Solutions, inviting youth and youth-led organizations that are working on innovative climate projects to apply.

Call for Solutions

Y4C’s Call for Solutions is a global innovation challenge for Youth and Youth-led organizations working on climate action focused projects. The Call aims to fund new and existing youth-led solutions that are ready to implement or scale, and to support the further development of young people’s ideas and projects by providing relevant learning opportunities with the support of partners.

Since 2023, through the first two rounds of its Call for Solutions, Youth4Climate has allocated an envelope of USD 2.5 million in direct funding to 100 youth-led climate projects across 52 countries.

Call for Solutions 2025

In 2025, the Youth4Climate Call for Solutions launches its third round of funding opportunities for young people aged 18 to 29 and youth-led entities. Applicants to the Call for Solutions can request up to USD 30,000 in seed funding and successful applicants will also benefit from:
- Connections and visibility at country, regional and global levels that may enable scaling and growth of their projects.
- Capacity development offers include a mentorship programme consisting of group workshops, one-to-one mentorship, and project pitching and feedback opportunities.

Who can apply?

- Young Individuals aged 18 to 29 and who meet the remainder of the eligibility criteria (see Call for Solutions guidelines)
- A legally registered, youth-led civil society organization (CSO), non-governmental organization (NGO), community-based organization (CBO), or company with the majority of the organization’s leadership being young people aged 18-29 years at the time of submitting the application. Please note that the project lead for the organization should be aged 18 to 29
- The proposed project must be implemented in one of the countries listed in the Call guidelines.
- The project lead must be a national of one of the countries listed in the Annex of the Call guidelines.

You can start your application by reading the full Call for Solutions guidelines using the link in the next section. The Call guidelines are available in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish.

A look into this year’s thematic areas

The 2025 Call will fund youth-led solutions in 6 thematic areas:
- Sustainable Energy
- Food and Agriculture
- Climate and Health
- Digital for Planet
- Climate, Peace and Security
- Nature for Climate Action

Solutions may naturally address more than one of these areas, though applicants will be asked to identify one primary focus area.