Youth and Farmers Consortium
The Youth and Farmers consortium aims to amplify the voices, projects, and ideas of youth and family farmers, demonstrating the vital role of intergenerational partnerships in building climate-resilient agri-food systems. It seeks to inspire and guide climate negotiations and policy decisions by bridging traditional knowledge, gender equity, climate activism, and science. Through inclusive dialogue, our consortium highlights the challenges and opportunities of traditional and innovative approaches, fostering collaboration between youth and farmers for a just and sustainable food future.
Consortium Focus: Intergenerational Partnerships for Climate Resilient Agri-food Systems: Bridging Ancestral Knowledge, Gender Equity, Climate Activism, and Science
Stakeholders:
Youth, Women & Genders and negotiators committed to sustainable climate solutions.
Family farmers and rural communities are pioneering agroecological practices and custodians of traditional knowledge.
Indigenous knowledge holders bridging science and traditional wisdom.
Climate policymakers, scientists, and private sector actors are supporting inclusive food systems and the entire value chain.
Why:
These stakeholders represent the frontlines of climate change impacts and solutions within agri-food systems. Youth bring energy, innovation, and advocacy for transformative action, while family farmers embody resilience and practical knowledge essential for sustainable adaptation. Recognising their partnerships is crucial for just transition policies, climate finance access, and effective UNFCCC negotiations.
Key Discussion Themes:
Envisioning agriculture negotiations beyond Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work on Agriculture (SSJWA).
Enhancing climate finance targeting family farmers and smallholders with gender equity.
Bridging traditional knowledge, scientific research, and activist movements in UNFCCC frameworks.
Strengthening intergenerational collaboration for climate-resilient food systems.
Showcasing farmers' leadership and community-driven adaptation strategies.
Purpose of Workshops:
Foster open, trustful spaces for youth and farmers to exchange perspectives outside formal negotiation constraints.
Co-create actionable priorities and recommendations to inform COP30 and post-COP agriculture negotiations.
Highlight pathways for effective integration of ancestral knowledge, gender, and science in climate policies.
Build partnerships, networks, and collective commitments among diverse stakeholders.
Empower participants to carry forward inclusive approaches for sustained climate and food system resilience.
Solidarity with the most vulnerable communities and bringing their voices to the table directly to stakeholders.
Sessions
Voices of the Land
Hosts: World Rural Forum (WRF), Empodera Clima, YPARD
15:15 - 16:15, Plenary Space
Future of Agriculture Negotiations beyond SSJWA
Hosts: YOUNGO Food and Agriculture
16:30-17:30, Roundtable Space
The Global Mutirão for Resilience: How Family Farmers Lead Global Efforts on Climate Adaptation
Hosts: World Rural Forum (WRF) in partnership with its member organisations the African Women’s Network for Community Forests Management (REFACOF), Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and Programa Diálogo Regional Rural - Central America (PDRR)
10:45-11:45, Roundtable Space
Food and agriculture must be mainstreamed across all multilateral discussions because farmers are frontline communities facing the impacts of climate change. At the Action on Food Hub, youth bring the spirit of intersectionality, science, traditional knowledge, and solidarity needed to turn justice and transformation into reality, and we look forward to advancing these priorities at COP30.