Apply to join the University College Cork Young Advisory Team and Shape the Future of Climate Justice
The Youth Climate Justice team are recruiting 12 young advisors to create a Young Advisory Team – applications due 5th May 2024 at 17:00 GMT.
Across the world, children and young people are standing up for their rights and leading different types of climate action such as taking legal action, protesting or taking action at home, school, in the community, and online.
We are a team of researchers at University College Cork in Ireland involved in an exciting new research project called Youth Climate Justice. In our research, we will
- look at examples where children and young people have taken legal action about the climate crisis;
- talk to children and young people who have been taking other types of climate action; and
- hold creative workshops to understand what children think about their rights, the environment and climate change.
By the end of the project, we will better understand:
- How to make legal systems more accessible to children who are standing up for their rights to climate justice;
- In what ways children’s role as climate leaders might be changing the way we understand how children experience their rights.
One of the most important parts of this research is the involvement of children and young people themselves. We are establishing a Young Advisory Team that will help us to make sure our research is designed in a way that will help children and young people to feel comfortable, supported and able to express themselves in ways that work best for them.
We are looking to have a group of twelve Young Advisors. We welcome applications from children and young people across the world who are:
- Between 8 and 17 years old;
- Can be part of the Advisory Team from June 2024 to June 2025;
- Interested in climate justice, children’s rights, and making sure children and young people have their say.
Read more here:
Ready to apply? Fill out our questionnaire by clicking here or typing bit.ly/YCJApply into your browser. Deadline: 5th May 2024 | 17:00 GMT
We can’t wait to hear from you!
A few notes:
- French and Spanish versions of this call for applicants will be circulated in the near future and added to the project’s website. If you require the information packs in a different language, please write to us at youthclimatejustice@ucc.ie.
- We know there are lots of amazing children under 8 years old who are standing up for climate justice. There will be future opportunities for younger children to get involved in the Youth Climate Justice project – watch this space!
- As our research focuses on case studies in Ireland, Nepal, Canada and South Africa, we especially welcome applications from children and young people living in these countries.
