Young people stand in a moment of despair about the climate crisis.
They are disillusioned by inaction, and locked out of most conversations governing the future despite being disproportionately affected by it. Passionate and impatient, young people are relegated to protest in the streets.
How can they participate in solution-building as allies? How can they harness their despair to create the change they wish to see? With the right tools and support, young people can develop skills to transform difficult feelings into allyship, advocacy and action.
Climate of Emotions (COE) brings climate, youth, equity and emotions together in a global, intersectional Youth Leadership Accelerator supporting young leaders to harness their emotions around climate change and other issues. Participants will strengthen empathy, emotional intelligence and creativity to bring stakeholders together and make meaningful change on climate initiatives. While other efforts focus on policy, data and optics, in COE, youth & emotions are the center. For breakthrough solutions on climate, we don’t need more information. We need more empathy. Information does not move people. Emotions do.
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COE Youth Leadership Accelerator: Program Overview
Through a series of hybrid events at the UN and online, 100 young leaders from youth climate organizations will grow awareness and leadership skills rooted in emotional intelligence. They will experience and prepare to deliver the Climate of Emotions curriculum to their communities – a program developed and pilot-tested with young climate leaders from around the world. This training will build the participants’ capacity to work at the intersection of youth, climate and emotions, and will result in personal transformation for participants. This is a 4-step program:
Outcomes
Through participation in COE, young leaders will:
- Feel supported and equipped to transform challenging emotions into action.
- Practice specific emotional intelligence skills to support leadership and wellbeing.
- Measurably improve their sustainable leadership skills for communicating and engaging others in listening to youth and supporting their authentic growth.
- Connect with allies for future work in this space, grounded in trust, and alignment.
- Be certified to use the COE program in their communities.
Anticipated Impact
- Engaging 50 organizations or networks centering youth changemakers
- Supporting 100 Youth leaders to take the COE program into their local communities
- Reaching over 1000 people through the culminating event
About Six Seconds
Founded in 1997, Six Seconds is the largest organization dedicated to the development of emotional intelligence. We help people be “smarter with feelings” by providing training, tools and methods to assist others in practicing these skills. We have a global footprint, with offices and representatives in over 25 nations and a community that spans 200 countries and territories.
Our youth-focused programs include the POP-UP Festival in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day which reaches 3.5M children and families globally (launched in 2018). We have also created emotional wellbeing programs for PreK through University students, providing tools and curriculum for Social and Emotional Learning skills. This will be our third Climate of Emotions program after successful pilots in 2020 and 2021.
Clients and Partners
Six Seconds clients and partners include nonprofits, agencies and businesses such as:
