Youth-led climate action in Somalia · since 2015
Puntland Sustainable Agrilivestock Network – PUSAN
Flagship programme · Youth climate leadership
LCOY Somalia: Somalia’s national youth climate conference
PUSAN is a founding and host organisation of the Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) Somalia and has co-organised every edition since 2024. Together with our partners, we help young Somalis turn their climate realities into national policy demands and carry them to the UN climate talks.
3editions of LCOY Somalia since 2024
1,300+youth participations across 2024, 2025 and 2026
9national and regional conferences and consultations
5youth climate statements and policy papers
LCOY Somalia impact since 2024 · plus 600+ online survey responses in 2026
PUSAN’s role
From Garowe to COP31: building Somalia’s youth climate voice
LCOY Somalia is part of the global network of Local Conferences of Youth, endorsed by YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency of the UNFCCC. It gives young Somalis a space to learn about climate change, share local solutions, and bring their priorities to national decision-makers and to the UN climate negotiations.
PUSAN has been part of LCOY Somalia from the start. Our team helps lead the organising, partnerships, programme and youth mobilisation, working side by side with fellow youth-led organisations.
- Co-organiser and host of LCOY Somalia 2024, 2025 and 2026
- PUSAN’s Founding Director serves as LCOY Somalia’s contact point
- PUSAN team members lead operations and programmes for LCOY Somalia 2026
- Part of the writing team of the Somalia National Youth Statement on Climate Change 2026
2026 themeYouth Leadership for Climate Ambition, Implementation and Resilient Agrifood Systems
Three editions
A national youth platform that keeps growing
Each edition has reached more young people, covered more of Somalia, and produced stronger youth policy demands.
2024
The first LCOY Somalia
- More than 120 young people in Mogadishu
- Started Somalia’s first national youth climate platform
2025
Going national
- Three regional conferences and one national conference
- More than 1,000 young people reached
- Somalia National Youth Statement on Climate Change, submitted for COP30
- Somalia Youth Statement on Agrifood Systems and Climate Resilience
2026
From Mogadishu to COP31
- Four consultations and an online survey, July to October
- 279+ youth participations and 600+ survey responses
- More than 45% of participants were young women
- National Youth Statement 2026 with 10 priority demands
The 2026 journey
Four months, four consultations, one Statement
From an online launch in July to the national conference in October, young people shaped every part of the 2026 Statement.
15 July · Online
National launch webinar
Open to youth from all Federal Member States.
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17 July · Mogadishu
Workshop at Banadir University
Youth named the climate challenges facing their communities.
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24 September · Mogadishu
Pre-LCOY consultation with UNICEF Somalia
Youth sharpened the draft priorities.
50+youth
7–8 October · Mogadishu
National conference
Panels, working groups, a youth expo, and the Statement agreed.
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Communities should lead local solutions.
Climate finance must reach the people most affected.
Youth recommendations must be written into policies, plans and budgets.
LCOY Somalia 2026 in pictures
Highlights from the national conference
National Youth Statement 2026
The Top 10 Demands of Somali youth
Addressed to the Federal Government, Federal Member States, development partners and the international community.
01
Global ambition and fair finance
1.5°C-aligned NDCs, grant-based finance and direct access to Loss and Damage funds.
02
Resilient agrifood systems
Young farmers and pastoralists as partners in meeting the NAP agrifood targets.
03
Water for people, crops and livestock
Community water systems and 3,000 youth trained to run them as paid work.
04
A youth seat on every climate committee
Formal youth seats on national and state climate committees by the end of 2027.
05
Climate finance that reaches youth
A fixed share of every new climate project for youth- and women-led groups.
06
Early warning for every community
Warnings in Somali by SMS and radio, with youth as community volunteers.
07
Launch the Youth Climate Corps
Paid placements in every Federal Member State by 2027, as NDC 3.0 promises.
08
Climate education in every school
Climate literacy in the curriculum, starting with a 2027 national pilot.
09
Stop charcoal, restore the land
Enforce the charcoal ban and back youth tree planting toward 10 million trees.
10
Protect people displaced by climate shocks
Climate displacement in national plans, and youth trained as mediators.
Outcome documents
Read the 2026 Statement
Available in three versions. Read online or open in full screen.
PDF
Full National Youth Statement 2026
Ten demands, recommendations on nine themes, and youth commitments.
Read the full Statement → PDFSomalia’s Top 10 Youth Climate Demands
All ten demands on one page.
Read the one-pager → PDFSomali Youth’s Global Climate Priorities
Somalia’s contribution to the YOUNGO Global Youth Statement for COP31.
Read the brief →LCOY Somalia 2026
Partners and hosts
Supported by
Government partners
Hosted by
Endorsed by
LCOY Somalia 2027
Help us take Somali youth further
We are already planning the next edition. Partner with PUSAN to support youth consultations, the National Youth Statement and youth delegates at COP.
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