RECRUITING FOR 5TH COHORT AUG 2024

4TH COHORT U.S. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE UN OCEAN DECADE NOW UNDERWAY!

4th Cohort is the U.S. Youth Advisory Council for the UN Ocean Decade’s (U.S. YAC UNOD) largest Cohort yet with 56 members now onboarded and busy at work planning goals for their term in the areas of Policy, Movement-Building and Education.

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H2OO youth leaders from Brazil and Taiwan represent youth voices on the UN Ocean Decade launch event in 2021.

H2OO ENGAGES YOUTH AS A DECADE IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER (DIP)

In 2020, H2OO formed the world’s first Youth Advisory Council for the UN Ocean Decade (YAC for UNOD) in the U.S., and it continues to organize and support it.

H2OO created a toolkit — Guide to Organizing a Youth Advisory Council for the UN Ocean Decade — to assist UN Member States and inspired youth in forming a YAC for UNOD.

If interested in receiving the full toolkit in consultation with H2OO to form a YAC for UNOD please contact us at info@h2oo.org

H2OO is an official Decade Implementation Partner (DIP) of the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) due to its work in youth engagement during the Decade.

COHORTS OF U.S. YAC FOR UN OCEAN DECADE

REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES

Every year, the Policy Committee of the U.S. Youth Advisory Council for the UN Ocean Decade (U.S. YAC for UNOD) organizes meetings with lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol to urge for policy that takes a step toward a safer planet. Youth have met with lawmakers to discuss the following bills:

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act

Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act

Magnuson Stevens Act (Reauthorization)

Sustainable Agriculture Research Act

Farmers Fighting Climate Change Act

WATCH YOUTH IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Member of the 3rd Cohort U.S. Youth Advisory Council for the UN Ocean Decade advocates at Hill Days 2023.

COMMITMENT OF YAC FOR UNOD MEMBERS

Power-with leadership,
not power-over
Collaborative goal setting
Engaging and mobilizing youth to advocate for their future
Inclusion of all voices
Understanding the intersectionality of issues related to our one-water system, climate and humanity
Prioritizing the team over self in working toward goals

SEE WHAT YOUTH ARE SAYING

LOIS
Guam
The Policy Committee of the US Youth Advisory Council for the UNOD successfully wrapped their November US Hill Days…
ASHIKA
Texas, US
Being a part of the US YAC UNOD was a great experience! I loved working with all the members together…
SAMUELA
American Samoa
Participating in the 1st Cohort of the US YAC was a truly incredible opportunity. I felt I was able to take action on issues that…
AMBER
New York, US
The purpose of the summit was to introduce environmental activism to the participants of…

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