Members of over 30 national and local-level youth organisations have been brought together under one network, called the Youth Adaptation Forum, by Save the Children and its local implementing partner Uttaran for greater climate action in the climate-vulnerable southwestern region of Bangladesh.
Through a terms of reference (ToR) signing and launching ceremony on Saturday (July 6) at a hotel in Satkhira, the Youth Adaptation Forum formally started its journey.
The Youth Adaptation Forum in Satkhira, envisions empowering youth-led initiatives in the southwestern coastal region to tackle climate change and water-related risks through collaboration and innovation, reads a press release.
It aims to amplify youth-led climate initiatives by fostering knowledge sharing, collaboration and resource mobilisation to scale up and replicate good practices on climate change adaptation and water management.
This network consists of young minds from volunteer organisations like Transparency International Bangladesh YES group, Prothom Alo Bondhushava, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Volunteer for Bangladesh, YouthNet for Climate Justice, Bangladesh Scouts, The Green Force - Satkhira, BD Clean, Upakuliyo Prakritik Songrakkhon Juba Forum, Rotaract Club, and more. Activities and initiatives of the Youth Adaptation Forum are being supported by Save the Children and its local implementing partner Uttaran. —UNB
