As the world gears up for COP30 in Brazil, we’re diving deep into what this Conference of the Parties really needs to achieve and who actually gets a seat at the table.
In this episode, we unpack:
🌍 The priorities of COP30 and why they matter.
🏝️ How small states like Tuvalu and Barbados have made global waves - and why the Balkans could be next.
🧠 Why some young leaders unintentionally gatekeep and how leadership training can change that.
🗣️ What real diplomatic channels exist for youth before ministers sign anything.
✈️ And yes - the paradox of holding a climate conference that comes with a carbon footprint of its own.
As the Youth Climate Diplomacy Forum marks its first full year of operations and ahead of its 2nd Regional Conference, we sit down with Professor Emmanuella Doussis, Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy, under whose auspices the YCDF operates. 🌱
In this insightful conversation, Professor Doussis unpacks how language shapes our understanding of the climate crisis, what solutions are most urgent, and why climate diplomacy is becoming a defining field of global cooperation. We also explore how education systems can better prepare young citizens for the challenges ahead, and why youth voices in climate advocacy are not just necessary, but transformative. 🗣️
Tune in for a deep dive into the ideas, values, and global efforts that will determine the planet’s future. 🌎
From coffee shop chats to climate action. ☕️🌿
In this episode, we sit down with Florent Demelezi, Chair of YCDF Kosovo who organized the YCDF Café workshop at the Western Balkans Youth Forum 2025, organized by RYCO within the Berlin Process, to unpack how young people from across the Balkans turned flipcharts, quizzes, and maps into powerful conversations on pollution, policy, and cross-border collaboration. Tune in for stories, insights, and a taste of how youth are brewing change - one conversation at a time. 🗣️🎙️
What does the world need now more than ever? Hope ✨. That’s why we invited Başak Almaz, Research Assistant at Istanbul Aydin University and Chair of Turkiye’s Local Council 🇹🇷, to join us and share how hope can reshape the way we think about climate change 🌱. This might not be Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism album 🐬, but it’s packed with fresh perspectives to lift you out of climate doom and into action 🌞.
Until the next episode, stay young, loud and green. 📣
🌱 Climate as a Bridge: Rethinking the Balkan Future 🌱
What if climate action could do what politics never has-bring the Balkans together? Join us as we speak with a young NGO founder reshaping the region’s future, turning environmental challenges into opportunities for cooperation, peace, and youth-led change.
🌎 Who’s really leading the fight for our planet and who’s being left out? This podcast dives into ecofeminism, climate justice and gendered power, asking why women are on the frontlines but absent from global negotiations. Bold questions, uncomfortable truths, and a fresh lens on the climate movement 🌿🎀.
🎙️ SEE-ing Green: Youth Climate Diplomacy in Southeast Europe
Young, Loud and Green is here, crossing borders and spotlighting the unstoppable rise of youth voices in climate diplomacy.
From what even is youth climate diplomacy (and why it matters) to whether young people should work within broken systems or build new ones from scratch, we’re asking the bold questions and getting real answers.
We sit down with the Chair of YCDF (Youth Climate Diplomacy Forum) - a youth-led initiative reshaping green transition politics in Southeast Europe - to talk inspiration, frustration, and action. Expect honest takes on:
🌍 What drives and blocks climate action in SEE
🔥 Rage vs. hope: how young leaders channel both
📚 Climate books and films that spark the fire
🧭 Real advice for those who feel it’s “too late”
Because turning down the heat starts with turning up the volume.
