The Tasmanian Youth Climate Leaders Program offers students (aged 10-18 years) the opportunity to understand the ways in which their actions can contribute towards the global effort to address climate change and sustainability. The program provides mentorship to students as they learn about climate change and implement a climate action project in their organisation or local community during the year. The goal of this program is to ignite the passion of youth, and equip them with skills to lead on- ground climate actions into the future.
The twice-yearly conferences have been an annual program since 2017. Each year the program helps build a network of young people in lutruwita / Tasmania who are passionate about a range of areas to help tackle climate change and have implemented successful projects around waste, biodiversity, food security, transport, energy and climate justice.
Each year, more 200 students participate in the program from over 30 different educational organisations (public, private and home-based) throughout lutruwita / Tasmania.
For more information, download our information sheet.
Interested in finding out more? Watch our short video on what the program is all about on YouTube. Contact the team at yclp@slt.org.au. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram. Sign up to our Youth Climate Leaders Program Mailing List.
Who coordinates this program?
The 2024 Tasmanian Youth Climate Leaders Program is a collaboration within the Education for Sustainability Tasmania network by the University of Tasmania and Sustainable Living Tasmania, and is supported by the Tasmanian Government through Renewables, Climate and Future Industries Tasmania.
