Out Now: Young in Climate Report Straight from the Voices of Young Kenyans 

This month, something big happened. 

We launched our latest youth-powered research report, Young in Climate, on the global stage at TED Countdown 2025 in Nairobi via a film. In partnership with the team at TEDCountdown, we set out to answer a powerful question: 

What does climate action look like when you’re young and trying to survive daily life in Kenya? 

Spoiler alert: It doesn’t look like what you think. 

Why This Report Matters 

Too often, global climate conversations speak about young people without speaking to them. So we flipped the script. We surveyed over 1,000 youth across 28 counties, led group discussions in some of Nairobi’s most climate-impacted neighbourhoods, and captured raw, unscripted stories about what young people are facing and what action looks like in their world. 

The result? A new lens for understanding climate action; African, youth-led, and grounded in real life. 

A Few Insights That Hit Hard 

💥 Climate action isn’t just about tree planting, for many youth, it’s about protecting a small business after a flood, rethinking how to build homes, or switching hustles when farming fails. 

💥 Most young people say they want to act, but feel excluded, unqualified, or simply too stretched to show up for causes that don’t seem to show up for them. 

💥 Climate action becomes possible when it’s tied to personal purpose, identity, and local pride. 

What Happens Next 

We launched Young in Climate with a companion short film, Unseen Heroes, at TED Countdown 2025, spotlighting the everyday actions young people take that often go unnoticed.  And this is just the beginning. 

We hope this report becomes a playbook for global funders, programs, and climate leaders who are serious about involving Africa’s youth majority in a way that works, not just in theory, but in their communities.