LCOY Somalia 2026: from Mogadishu to COP31
Young people from across Somalia met for the third Local Conference of Youth on climate change and agreed the Somalia National Youth Statement on Climate Change 2026. It now goes to the Government, to our partners, to COY21 and to COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.
Youth Leadership for Climate Ambition, Implementation and Resilient Agrifood Systems
How we built the Statement
Four consultations and a national survey between July and October 2026, open to young people from every Federal Member State.
National launch webinar
Open to youth from all Federal Member States. Participants were introduced to LCOY, YOUNGO, the UNFCCC process and Somalia’s climate priorities.
National youth consultation and workshop
Students, youth leaders, climate advocates and civil society identified key climate challenges and first policy recommendations.
Pre-LCOY youth consultation with UNICEF Somalia
Young people reviewed and sharpened the draft priorities ahead of the national conference.
LCOY Somalia 2026 national conference
Panels from the Federal Member States, eight working groups, the Youth Innovation Expo, personal commitments, and the agreement of the Statement.
National online youth survey
Open to young people across Somalia, adding perspectives from regions that could not travel to Mogadishu.
Figures are attendances at each event. Some young people took part in more than one consultation. More than 45% of participants were young women.
Three messages ran through both days
Communities should lead local solutions.
Climate finance must reach the people most affected.
Youth recommendations must be written into policies, plans and budgets, not left in conference reports.
Our Top 10 Demands
We ask the Federal Government, Federal Member States, development partners and the international community to act on these ten priorities, with young people at the table.
Global ambition and fair finance
NDCs in line with 1.5°C, a fair transition away from fossil fuels, climate finance mainly as grants, and Loss and Damage funds that reach frontline communities.
Resilient agrifood systems
Young farmers, pastoralists and agripreneurs as partners in meeting the NAP agrifood targets, with secure land titles and shared processing and storage hubs.
Water for people, crops and livestock
Community-managed water sources and solar boreholes to meet the NAP water target, and 3,000 young people trained to run water systems as paid work.
A youth seat on every climate committee
A formal youth seat on the National Climate Change Committee and on every State Climate Change Committee by the end of 2027.
Climate finance that reaches youth-led action
A fixed share of every new climate project for youth- and women-led groups, a youth voice in the Somali National Climate Fund, and yearly published amounts.
Early warning that reaches every community
Drought and flood warnings in Somali by SMS, radio and local networks, with youth trained as community early warning volunteers.
Launch the Youth Climate Corps
The Youth Climate Corps promised in NDC 3.0, launched by 2027 with paid placements in every Federal Member State.
Climate education in every school
Climate literacy in school curricula, starting with a national pilot in the 2027 school year.
Stop the charcoal trade and restore the land
Enforce the charcoal ban in the 2024 Environmental Protection and Management Act and back youth tree planting toward the NTP target of 10 million trees.
Protect people displaced by climate shocks
Include climate displacement in national plans, consult displaced youth and host communities, and train youth as mediators over water and pasture.
Somalia National Youth Statement on Climate Change 2026
The full Statement sets out what youth told us, why it matters, what the Government has already promised, and what we now ask for.
- Top 10 Demands
- Recommendations on nine themes
- The commitments Somali youth make themselves
- From Demands to Delivery: who leads each demand
The Statement on one page
The Top 10 Demands at a glance, for decision-makers and partners.
Read the one-pager →Somali Youth Top 5 Global Climate Demands
Somalia’s contribution to the YOUNGO Global Youth Statement for COP31.
Read the Top 5 →COY21 and COP31, Antalya, Türkiye
At the opening of LCOY Somalia 2026, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change committed to make this Statement part of Somalia’s national position, to support its presentation at COP31 and to include its recommendations in forthcoming policies and plans.
Somali youth will carry the Statement to COY21 and COP31, and we will report back on progress at LCOY Somalia 2027.
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