The IYCN Climate Leadership Program aims to groom a strong group of young leaders across India, who will initiate and lead grassroots climate groups in their work, school, colleges and communities. Dedicated youth leaders who can mobilize and organize people at various levels.
The avenues are open to each person to become a leader regardless of their race, caste, gender, age, education or socio–economic status. IYCN aims to generate as diversified a leadership so as to cater to all peoples of India. To participate in this program, the only requirements are passion, belief and a desire to make India more cleaner, equal, wealthier and more forward thinking nation.
A Small Group of Thoughtful People Change the World
The Leadership Training for Campus Climate Changers are a series of interactive sessions on climate change. It includes basic climate science and solutions, brainstorming on campus solutions, creating action plans for implementation, and media training to communicate successes. Each workshop ends with a Climate Commitment session, where each individual needs to commit to taking action – Campus Climate Changers all commit to form a committed group and create change on campus.
Climate Leaders commit to lead by example by making changes in their own lives and sharing their successes in the Climate Solutions web database.
A Climate Leader's vision has to be an overarching and eventual dream for the future which is to encompassed in each leader's campaign. IYCN hopes to achieve all this through the training program.
The training provides:
An Indian climate presentation.
Communication & Leadership skills.
How to answer the tough questions.
Climate change discussion forum.
Steps on how to mobilize your school, work, college or community.
Case study on what activities you can initiate with your group.
Resources that will assist you
Programs So Far
Trainings have been conducted Climate Leadership Trainings at Delhi University, with Pariwartan in Shimla, SRM University in Chennai during Aaruush 2008, Kanyakumari, Pune University, and at IIT Kanpur during Antaragani 2008. More than 200 Climate Changers have been trained, who currently run programs in 10 states in their campuses and in their communities. For more information on how to transform your campus and see these solutions, read more about the Campus Climate Challenge.
What the Training Involves
Four presentations in a period of 6 months to varied groups with the assistance of IYCN is part of ones association. The final part of the program is initiating and successfully completing ones project. The training gives one skills, provides a path to even start ones own climate group and events in line with IYCN’s mission to fulfill its goals of youth awareness, empowerment and action on climate change.
If you are interested in organizing a Climate Leadership Training for your university and other universities in your city OR in being trained to give Climate Leadership Trainings, please contact Samar at samarjit@iycn.in
Ones commitment and initiative gives in return:
The leadership skills & training.
Useful Resources.
Empowering ways to make a real difference to the biggest challenge we face.
A certificate recognizing that you have completed the IYCN Leadership Training.
Ongoing support from IYCN.
A certificate recognizing that you have completed the IYCN Leadership Program
A celebratory event and presentation ceremony in one years time showcasing and celebrating the achievements of our climate leaders