Climate Connection Hive campaign

Climate Connection Hive

Over the past year, we have been working with a group of young researchers on Climate Connection Hive – a campaign that advocates for green skills initiatives to enable young people to be part of an inclusive transition to a sustainable future. The campaign trained 25 young researchers from 15 countries to design and deliver their own global research on green skills including interviews, youth diaries and a global survey.

What is the Climate Connection Hive?

The Climate Connection Hive will advocate for holistic, global climate education initiatives to ensure everyone benefits from the just and fair transition.

It sees each young person as a pollinator of change, working together to spread climate knowledge and solutions.

Just and fair transition: set of principles, processes and practices that aim to ensure that no people, workers, places, sectors, countries or regions are left behind in the transition from a high carbon to a low carbon economy (IPCC).

Pollinator of change: a young person spreading knowledge, leadership, and creative solutions across sectors, communities, and regions.

Full report coming soon...

The research conducted by our youth researchers will be brought together in a report, Skills for an Inclusive Transition: Youth realities and green opportunity pathways. This report will offer insights into inclusive pathways into the green transition for young people and present recommendations to help bridge the gap between climate-related skills and green job opportunities.

Stay tuned for the full report, which will be published on the Research and Insight pages of our website in May 2026.

In the meantime, hear from our youth researchers as they prepared for COP30 and share what green skills mean to them.

Background

The Climate Connection Hive campaign builds on the British Council’s Global Youth Letter, where over 8,000 young people urged leaders at COP26 to support youth calls for climate action. An additional 23,000 young people added their voice as part of the 8,000 Rising Campaign since then.

Our research revealed that, while young people are eager to lead climate efforts, they often lack the resources, training, and networks needed to do so. In response, British Council has developed programmes such as Climate Skills to equip young people with essential life skills to enable them to take local action. To achieve a truly fair transition we must connect local initiatives to global movements, as young people express a strong desire to connect with peers worldwide.

Together, we’ll help advocate for green skills initiatives that include not only technical training but also soft skills—such as critical thinking, communication, and adaptability— opening opportunities for marginalised youth to succeed in green roles.

Be part of the journey.