COY
What is the Conference of Youth (COY)?
The Conference of Youth (COY) is an official event of YOUNGO, the official youth-constituency to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is an annual international gathering of young people passionate about environmental and climate change thematics, and takes places right before the annual UN Climate Change Conference, also known as Conference of Parties (COP). A COY is envisioned to have the following objectives:
- providing capacity building and policy training to prepare youths for their involvement in the upcoming climate negotiations
- facilitating the sharing of knowledge and experience in the broader context of climate change between the participants
- building and enhancing youth networks and movements