IKEA Foundation

In a world that moves fast, one of our greatest advantages is a generation that was born into change and knows how to respond to it. Young people are responding to climate change in the Amazon, where youth-led renewable energy initiative Aylluq Q'anchaynin helped build a solar farm for an Indigenous community. In Kenya, a youth organisation, Together4Climate - T4C, planted more than 3,500 mangrove seedlings to restore vulnerable coastlines. At Youth Climate Justice Fund, we support youth-led climate action by trusting young people, resourcing their solutions, and following their lead. Hear more of these stories: https://lnkd.in/ehKreYVY

At the Global Methane Hub, we connect people, ideas, policy and finance to build ecosystems of solutions, which address multiple challenges at once. We co-launched the No Organic Waste Initiative, a global effort to cut methane by scaling food recovery, composting, and circular economy solutions that reduce organic waste, improve food access, and employ waste workers. We're also working with the Africa Rice Center to help farmers in 40 countries lower emissions while increasing yields of a crop critical for global food security. Methane action isn't just a climate solution. It's also a lever for social and economic development.

A Colombian mother and her baby inspired a clean air project in the Philippines. We were at a Clean Mobility Collective convening, talking about how to visualize pollution. "I want sometimes to put my son in a bubble," she said. Her words inspired 350 Pilipinas to create “Life in a Bubble” – a multi-channel campaign engaging local lawmakers on air pollution. The campaign is now spreading to other regions, including Latin America. At UMI Fund, we're seeing something powerful: good ideas don't stay local. They spread and create global change. Hear more stories: https://lnkd.in/e3iyUexr

A government leader once told me we needed to phase out fossil fuels, but “as long as people are consuming oil, it might as well be ours.” Today, that thinking is changing. For decades, governments have negotiated emissions cuts but continued to increase fossil fuel production. The Santa Marta Conference marked a historic first step toward a new approach, and now that momentum is strong, we must move from dialogue to implementation. We need a Fossil Fuel Treaty, the international mechanism to manage a fast, fair and financed transition. Read more stories: https://lnkd.in/eijT9X5q

Transitioning from fossil fuels is a challenge no country can solve alone. The Fossil Fuel Treaty enables countries to shift in a fair way. Explore how collaboration is driving change through The Shift.

The Global Methane Hub is accelerating action by supporting data transparency, convening stakeholders & scaling solutions globally. Find out how they're helping to drive The Shift.