Kathmandu, 10 October 2025

UN-Habitat Nepal organized a two-day workshop on “Youth Engagement in Climate Action through the Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals” on 9–10 October 2025 in Pulchowk, Lalitpur. Convened under the project “Accelerating Localization of Integrated Climate Action in Nepal”, funded by the SDG Joint Fund and implemented jointly by WFP, UNDP, and UN-Habitat, the event brought together 53 participants (including 28 women and 26 youth aged 18–30) representing universities, civil society, and municipal and development partners.

The workshop aimed to strengthen youth capacities for locally driven climate action and to create a co-learning platform for youth engagement in municipal governance and SDG localization. Participants included youth individual youth climate advocates, and from CSOs, NGOs, students, development agencies (CIUD, Lumanti, CleanUp Nepal, Chay-Ya Nepal, Institute of Engineering, Kathmandu University, ICIMOD).