UWC Dilijan and UNDP Armenia Co-Host Armenian Local Conference of Youth Ahead of COP29

On October 27, UWC Dilijan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia co-hosted the Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) Armenia ahead of COP 29 on the theme “Climate Justice: What It Means in the World and in Armenia”. 

It is the second year in a row that UWC Dilijan qualified to hold this conference. Initiated by a group of UWCD students committed to contributing to solving urgent environmental and sustainability issues, LCOY Armenia was attended by approximately 140 participants aged 14-18 from over 20 schools. They represented Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Ijevan, Dilijan and other places. Among the special guests were representatives of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia.

LCOY serves as a platform for youth to engage in a meaningful dialogue on climate justice, empowering them to take action and advocate for a sustainable future in Armenia and beyond in the context of how climate action affects those who are especially vulnerable to climate change implications.

LCOYs take place in over 120 countries LCOY is an initiative of YOUNGO, the Official Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its aims are to be a space to boost youth climate action locally and create an input into the international conferences. It represents a national version of the international Conference of Youth (COY), which takes place before the Conference of Parties (COP), the annual UN-Climate Change Conference.