Empowering Youth and Gender-Inclusive Leadership in Clean Energy and Climate Innovations for a Resilient Asia-Pacific
Event description

Organizers:
ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform (YECAP)
UNICEF
Co-organizers:
UNIDO
UNDP
Climate Parliament
UN Women
UNESCAP (TBC)
Date: 26 February, 12:45 - 13:45
Venue: Theatre, UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Online participation:
This session brings together youth leaders, climate-tech innovators, and policymakers to spotlight gender-inclusive and youth-powered solutions that accelerate clean energy access, energy efficiency, and climate resilience. It will feature the launch of Navigating Climate Governance: Insights from Young Leaders in the Asia-Pacific Region, alongside a dialogue on enabling policies, financing, and partnerships that support young women-led startups and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and strengthen meaningful youth participation in climate and energy governance across the region.