In September 2023, a Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) was hosted in Canada. LCOYs are a conference framework from the UNFCCC global youth consistency YOUNGO that invites youth and youth-led entities in a country to come together to build capacity and make policy demands ahead of each year's United Nations Conference on Climate Change (the yearly Conference of Parties for the UNFCCC). Typically these demands are not intentionally distributed within the country the LCOY is hosted in. This project is focused on sharing the youth policy demands from LCOY Canada 2023 with relevant policy makers, decision makers, and groups. The policy demands are focused on the topics of the conference: Low-carbon energy, climate finance, sustainable cities, biodiversity, the ocean, the arctic, food and agriculture, climate justice, and youth-led politics.

• Read the policy document and understand demands in what is being demanded and the sub-context of the demands.
• Research and understand lobbying and policy advocacy in Canada
• Identify 2+ relevant individuals and groups to advocate each policy demand to
• Build advocacy networks with individuals and youth-led groups
• Use email, social media, phone calls, and in-person meetings to discuss and advocate for the policy demands and broader youth-led policy work

Final Deliverables:

Create 1 - 2 pages of notes on lobbying and policy advocacy in Canada to help build institutional knowledge

Create an excel CRM file of the 2+ relevant individuals and groups to advocate policy to

Create 1 or 2 email templates for reaching out with policy demands to stakeholders

Create 1 page documenting your learnings

• Students will be supported in increasing their skillset in advocacy work
• Students will receive weekly check-in meetings
• Students will receive support in networking