Thematic working group
Sustainable Finance Working Group
Integrates youth voices in climate finance, green investment, and financial policy reform.
Focus areas
What we work on
Three priority areas anchoring the group's work and advocacy in this mandate.
Our people
Focal points
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Activities and updates
What's happening
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Resources
Links and resources
Useful links, resources, and platforms related to this working group.
In depth
More about Sustainable Finance Working Group
A closer look at this group's history, highlights, and engagements.
Sustainable Finance Youth Coalition (SFYC)
Youth constituencies formed a coalition to engage in international sustainable financial governance
The Sustainable Finance Youth Coalition, launched at COP28, aims to promote sustainable finance practices and raise ambition in policies while encouraging collaboration among various stakeholders and advocating for youth participation in decision-making processes.
The coalition will also focus on raising awareness about sustainable finance and advocating for change within the finance industry, providing educational resources and capacity building to young people and finance professionals to help them better understand sustainable finance and how it can be implemented.
Watch the Session: SFYC Launching at COP28 >>
Convened by
The SFYC currently comprises representatives of the following youth constituencies while providing a universal engagement for all youth and youth-led organizations in the space:
Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP
YOUNGO
Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network
SFYC White Paper
The White Paper, launched at UNEA-6, discusses the importance of sustainable financial systems as an enabling framework for the just transition. It makes the case for a global financial system reform that duly accounts for the concept of intergenerational justice. This paper is an invitation to stakeholders and financial institutions alike to engage, collaborate, and expand the frontiers of a transformation justice agenda in sustainable financial systems.
Download the paper