The landmark Security Council resolution 2250 (2015) on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) recognized the important role of young people in maintaining and promoting international peace and security. It identified five key pillars for action: participation, protection, prevention, partnerships, and disarmament and reintegration. Since then, advancing the YPS agenda has become a UN priority. From 2018 to 2023, the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) invested over $291 million in 161 projects across 48 countries, focusing largely on local-level engagement.
The YPS and the Climate, Peace and Security (CPS) agendas have both gained increasing attention and policy prominence in recent years, with growing recognition of the role youth can play in addressing climate-related challenges and contributing to peacebuilding. While programming at the intersection of these areas is still emerging, this research brief aims to advance the field by identifying best practices and lessons from 12 PBF-supported peacebuilding projects that address climate or environmental themes, as part of a larger year-long Thematic Review of the PBF’s support for youth programming and advancing the YPS agenda, in particular as relates to the participation pillar.
Access the brief here.
Suggested citation: Gaston Erica. Youth participation in environmental peacebuilding : UNU-CPR, 2025.
