The #GenerationRestoration Youth Hub is a diverse and growing global community bringing together youth leaders and practitioners across different fields and industries, in support of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The Youth Hub is co-convened by 1t.org – at the World Economic Forum and Global Landscapes Forum – Youth in Landscapes Initiative. The Youth Hub partners with Good to Nature to engage youth leaders for #GenerationRestoration in China.
Youth Hub Overview
Our Mission
The Youth Hub fosters collaboration, shared action and learning to help accelerate the global youth-led restoration movement. Our vision is that young people are meaningfully engaged in ecosystem restoration efforts both on the ground and at the policy level.
Meet the young leaders who are driving action on nature and climate who attended Davos this year
Nature & Climate Engagement Series
The Youth Hub is codesigning a Nature & Climate programme that covers topical questions encountered by youth leaders on their journey to understand how to make real impact in the face of climate change and nature loss.
The programme is open to all the youth climate activists, ecopreneurs and leaders who are members of the Youth Hub, as well as the World Economic Forum Global Shapers community.
Climate Youth Negotiators Programme
1t.org supports the Youth Negotiators Academy, that through its first programme the Climate Youth Negotiators Programme, a global intergenerational programme, is redressing the systemic inequality of youth representation and leadership in multilateral negotiations and decision-making.
The programme is co-founded by four #GenerationRestoration Youth Hub members and is supported by a wide range of global stakeholders.
Youth Challenge Winners
In 2021, 1t.org ran the UpLink #GenerationRestoration Youth Challenge, a global call for youth-led solutions to conserve and restore ecosystems in support of one of humanity’s greatest challenges — climate change.
The solutions address a range of ecosystem challenges, including deforestation and forest degradation and decline in pollinators, and the lack of conservation training and opportunities for young people to become equipped with the tools to protect nature.
Climate Leaders Programme
In partnership with Goodwall, 1t.org contributed to the #ClimateLeaders program gathered the voices of youth around the world and brought them to 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) to influence the debate on climate change.
The best ideas in the fields such as finance, science, technology, or education were showcased at the in Sharm-El-Sheik, helping turn ideas into action.
The project was supported by UNICEF, YOMA, Generation Unlimited, Friends of Bata, JA Worldwide, and 1t.org, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.
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Youth Hub Members
Youth Hub Members
Meet the members of the Youth Hub for #GenerationRestoration, a growing and diverse community of almost 100 youth leaders and organizations.
Jitsai Santaputra
Jitsai (Tata) Santaputra is a Consultant at The Lantau Group based in Bangkok, Thailand. She provides in-depth analysis of energy markets in Asia Pacific with a focus on the energy transition to low-carbon economies. Alongside her professional work, she is a Youth Energy Advocate, having represented the ASEAN youth voice at international conferences and venues. Most recently, she co-founded a youth-led non-profit organization called Youth for Energy Southeast Asia (Y4E-SEA) to support and connect youths working on the just energy transition in the region. In June 2023, she was appointed by SEforALL and TED as the SDG7 Global Youth Ambassador for Southeast Asia for 2023-24.
Keziah Gerosano
CEO of the Dholakia Foundation. United Nations Fellow. Dedicated to ecosystem regeneration, intergenerational partnerships, and youth engagement.
Vanshica Kant
Vanshica Kant is a Climate and Human Development Expert with the Asian Development Bank, the climate bank for Asia, Pacific and beyond. Previously, she worked with the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in India. A Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum, she is a past Curator of the New Delhi Hub and is on the WEF 1t.org India Multi-Stakeholder Council. Besides being a Schwarzman Scholar, she holds a Bachelor’s from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, India, and a Master’s from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Vanshica is a current US - India Emerging Climate Fellow and a France India Foundation Young Leader. She serves on the Oxford Global Alumni Board. Vanshica writes for the World Economic Forum Agenda Blog and the Financial Express.
Youth Hub Videos
Youth Hub at New York Climate Week
UpLink Youth Challenge:
Helena Gualinga on the Living Forest proposal:
