A global effort

To address the triple planetary crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss, and air pollution) — likely the biggest existential threat humanity has ever encountered — we need intersectional and coordinated collaboration on a massive scale.

As ChangemakerXchange, we are excited to launch a global intersectional climate action programme that supports the world’s leading climate action changemakers and activists from different regions. The ultimate goal is to help the youth climate movement become even more connected, collaborative, and impactful.

The 2022 Summits

There will be three in-person summits and a follow-up community and capacity-building programme in Europe, MENA, and North America in 2022.

(More summits are coming in Asia & Australasia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023)

🚨 The deadline this round of summits passed. Stay tuned for more gatherings to come in early 2023 🚨

Changemakers for Democracy

  • We are looking for people who represent ideas, innovations, movements and collectives, which fit the theme of the Fellowship (democratic and economic renewal) and who are deeply rooted in the communities they work for. Whilst we’re open to applications from the founders or leaders of initiatives, we acknowledge that democracy is not a ‘hero fight’, hence we’re explicitly open to people who have been nominated or ‘put forward’ by their collective or team in order to represent them and their ideas.
  • For all eligibility criteria, please refer to our FAQs above.
 

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ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Changemakers for the Planet in Europe 2024

  • This programme is for Changemakers aged 18-35 based or having an impact in Europe and Israel with solutions to tackle the planetary crisis.
  • Participants are invited to join the ChangemakerXchange in-person Summit in Sweden from April 8 to 12, 2024.
  • For all eligibility criteria, please refer to our FAQs below.

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Changemakers for the Planet in MENA 2024

  • This programme is for Changemakers aged 18-35 based or having an impact in the Middle East and North Africa with solutions to tackle the planetary crisis.
  • Participants are invited to join the ChangemakerXchange in-person Summit in Egypt from April 22 to 26, 2024.
  • For all eligibility criteria, please refer to our FAQs below.

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen

Selection Criteria

Each summit has its own detailed selection criteria, but the following is the general rule for all of them:

  • Country: You must come from or be currently living in one of the eligible countries. Please refer to each summit's eligible countries.
  • Age: You must be aged 18–35.
  • Role: You are the founder/co-founder, leader/co-leader, manager/co-manager (or hold an influential position with decision-making power, e.g. intrapreneur) of a social/environmental venture/organisation/community which is up and running and addresses the climate, biodiversity, and air pollution crises.
  • Language: You must have a command of English which is strong enough to participate in small group conversations and collaborate with international changemakers.

 

The Programme

The programme starts with regional summits (cohorts), each convening 15–25 young changemakers in intensive 5-day gatherings. These gatherings take place in beautiful locations deep in nature and are designed to forge deep connections between participants, foster wellbeing, enable peer learning and set the ground for meaningful collaborations to emerge.

After the summit, the young changemakers are invited to join a tailored online global capacity-building programme, that brings together members from each region. This multi-module and interactive programme will include practical sessions for young changemakers such as preventing burnout, fundraising & finances and system change.

Finally, the young changemakers become lifelong members of the thriving global ChangemakerXchange community, which currently counts close to 1,000 social innovators from 120+ countries. As part of the community, members get access to a regular and dynamic portfolio of opportunities to connect, learn and co-create.

Interested in taking part in Climate Action Summits yet your region is not listed above?  Don't worry. Join our waitlist to be the first to know when a new summit is coming to your region.

More from ChangemakerXchange on climate action

Now or never: ChangemakerXchange focuses on climate action

Our recent blog post announcing our renewed effort to play a role as a community in addressing the triple planetary crisis, including helping the youth climate movement become even more connected, collaborative, and impactful.

Climate Action Resources for Changemakers

Check out our list of climate action resources for changemakers where you can find everything from ‘navigating climate grief’ to tools to assess how well your company or country is performing on climate measures to digital storytelling toolkits for climate activists.