Aotearoa Youth COP 2025

Join us for Aotearoa Youth COP 2025, New Zealand’s youth-led national simulation of the United Nations climate negotiations (COP). Supported by the Youth Climate Collective (YCC), Save the Children NZ and Ngā Ara Whetū (Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society), the event invites 100+ young people from across the motu to take part in interactive workshops, climate policy negotiations and powerful discussions on some of the most pressing issues facing our generation.

Participants will take on roles representing different stakeholder groups, such as journalists, policymakers, Indigenous communities, NGOs, healthcare workers and more. Working in teams, they will create, debate and negotiate agreements, just like real global leaders! Each session is designed to build your leadership, negotiation, systems thinking and collaboration skills in a supportive and action-focused environment.

At the end of the day, the insights and policies developed will be collated into an Aotearoa Youth Climate Statement, which will be delivered to the New Zealand Government and presented at COP30 in Brazil by a delegation of young leaders.

🌏 Saturday 26 July 2025
📍 10 Symonds Street, Auckland CBD – The University of Auckland (B201, 6 Green Star Building)
🕘 9:00am – 5:00pm
🎟️ FREE Event – Open to young people aged 13 – 30

What You’ll Get
✅ Take part in four youth-led policy sessions on real climate issues
✅ Learn how global climate policy works through hands-on simulation
✅ Collaborate with passionate young people from across Aotearoa
✅ Hear from a panel of real policy makers, climate experts and frontline leaders
✅ Help shape the Aotearoa Youth Climate Statement to be presented at COP30
✅ Free food, transport support options and awesome vibes

Why should you attend?
This is more than just a one-day event! It's your opportunity to contribute to climate solutions at the local, national and global level. The Aotearoa Youth COP is also a launchpad for a new wave of youth climate leadership in Aotearoa. Be part of shaping history and creating the future you want to live in.


Note: By attending the The Climate Action Conference, you grant permission for the Youth Climate Collective and its partners to use photographs, videos, and other media captured during the event for promotional and educational purposes. These visuals may appear on YCC's website, social media platforms, marketing materials, and related outlets. Please let us know on the day if you'd prefer not be photographed.