Youth Climate Lab
hello@youthclimatelab.org | (613) 683-8300
Website: www.youthclimatelab.org/
Youth Climate Lab is a youth-for-youth incubator dedicated to supporting and creating innovative climate action. We work to accelerate climate action by designing and piloting projects and ideas that have demonstrated potential to stimulate climate innovation.
LOCATIONS
Canada
Head Office:
123 Slater Street, Floor 6/Suite 610
Otttawa, Ontario
K1P 5H2
(613) 683-8300
Website: www.youthclimatelab.org/
hello@youthclimatelab.org
Remote Canada
Suite 610-123 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5H2
(778) 697-0820, x1
Website: www.youthclimatelab.org/
finance@youthclimatelab.org
Company History
YCL was founded in May 2017 to enable young people to build just, climate-resilient futures.
From creating Lab processes and design thinking journals, to hosting nature retreats and international delegations to the United Nations climate negotiations: we equipped 1,389 youth with leadership, collaboration, and creative design skills, and the opportunities to apply them to take concrete climate action in their communities and on the international stage.
Our work sparked nearly 100 new policy ideas and recommendations by young people from 32 countries. We have also acted as intervenors in court cases and spoken to high-level audiences on the need to protect future generations and the catalytic potential of youth-led ideas.
We created tools and developed accelerator programs that provide technical assistance and funding to youth with early-stage ideas to transform their communities. We also began research and advocacy efforts to get more funds into the hands of young climate entrepreneurs.
This is just the beginning. We are more ambitious, creative, and determined than ever before, to create the conditions for young people to build just, climate-resilient futures. We are excited for our next chapter, guided by three strategic directions:
1.Equip youth on the frontlines to create the climate futures they deserve, no matter their geographies, disciplines, or lived experiences.
2.Create new-to-the-world Labs that bridge art-based approaches, radical collaboration, and climate justice to spark inclusive policy solutions.
3.Foster new pathways to catalyze finance to scale youth-led ideas everywhere.
Company Facts
Youth Climate Lab is a new startup nonprofit being led by a team of young people from across the globe – current team of 10 youth. We work in a fully remote setting to allow our team to work from wherever they are in the world and to enjoy some of the flexibilities that come with working in a remote environment.
