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Thematic Working Groups

CYMG has 14 Thematic Working Groups to help the facilitation of youth contributions to the specific negociations of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements and UNEPs processes.

15Working group pages connected to focal points, resources, and activities.

Thematic Focal Points

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Materials and circular economy work areaChemicals, Waste and PollutionOpen working group
Young people working on climate adaptation and resilienceClimate ActionOpen working group
Eco-faith community and environmental actionEco-FaithOpen working group
Environmental health work areaEnvironmental HealthOpen working group
Environmental law and rights work areaEnvironmental Law and RightsOpen working group
Green economy and resources work areaGreen Economy and ResourcesOpen working group
Nature and ecosystems work areaNature and EcosystemsOpen working group
Sustainable finance work areaSustainable FinanceOpen working group

Horizontal Programmes

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Policy Coordination & UNEP AffairsPolicy Coordination & UNEP AffairsOpen working group
Science-policy work areaScience-Policy & KnowledgeOpen working group
Children's environmental engagementChildren AffairsOpen working group
CommunicationsCommunicationsOpen working group

Affiliated Networks

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Youth Plastic Action Network work areaYouth Plastic Action NetworkOpen working group
Ocean science and governance work areaOcean Science & Governance Youth NetworkOpen working group
Youth environmental science and science-policy work areaYouth Environmental Science NetworkOpen working group
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