The Climate Policy Innovators Youth Camp is an in-person capacity-building program led by UNFCCC RCC Asia-Pacific and YECAP, with UNDP Asia-Pacific and UNICEF among its 2026 partners. It prepares young people to engage in climate governance, Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans, and international climate negotiations.
The second edition brought 25 participants to the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok for four days of technical learning, applied exercises, peer exchange, and climate-diplomacy practice. The 2026 cycle has finished, and no date for the next call has been announced.
Benefits & funding
- Four days of in-person training on climate science, governance and policy, climate action, futures thinking, and international negotiations.
- Funding support was available to selected applicants in the 2026 cycle; the official materials did not specify the amount or covered costs.
- Applicants outside the supported-country route could apply on a self-funded basis.
- Participants joined a regional peer network and developed skills for working with governments and other stakeholders on climate-policy implementation.
Eligibility
- The program targets young people from Asia-Pacific countries.
- Applicants must be at least 18 and remain within the youth age group defined by their own country.
- Applicants must have prior or current engagement in climate-policy processes, including NDC or NAP formulation or implementation; no minimum number of years is stated.
- Priority is given to young people from rural areas, low-income backgrounds, Indigenous Peoples, LGBTI communities, NEET groups, and other underrepresented constituencies.
- No education-level, gender, or residency requirement is published.
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Age requirement
≥ 18 yrs
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Application process
- 1Monitor the official program page for the next application call; the 2026 selection is complete.
- 2When a new call opens, use the application link published by UNFCCC or YECAP.
- 3Complete and submit the form by the announced deadline; the closed 2026 form is no longer available for review.
- 4Direct questions to UNFCCC RCC Asia-Pacific at RCCAsiaPacific@unfccc.int.
Program timeline
Application deadline for the second edition
Jan 21, 2026
Program started in Bangkok
Mar 16, 2026
Program ended
Mar 19, 2026
Next cycle
No official opening date announced