Be a young changemaker, take the lead in building a climate-resilient future. Strengthen your knowledge, sharpen your leadership skills, and make sure youth voices are heard in climate policy.

This fellowship offers an exceptional opportunity for youth across Bangladesh to gain training, field experience, and international exposure preparing the next generation of climate leaders.

What’s in it for you?

• Mentorship
• Capacity building programs with national & international experts
• Opportunity to do advocacy on climate change problems
• Opportunity to access Youth Innovation Fund for top innovative ideas
• Participation in national and international platforms
• Certificate of completion from ICCCAD

Eligibility:

For the ICCCAD Youth Fellowship Programme, individuals of all genders, classes, ethnicities, religions, abilities, and identities are encouraged to apply. The remaining eligibility criteria for fellowship candidates are as follows:

• Must be a citizen of Bangladesh.
• 2. Age must be between 18 to 30 years.
• 3. Undergraduate students or recent graduates.
• 4. Basic knowledge and a strong motivation to work on climate change.
• Working experience on climate change issues is a plus.
• Possess good analytical, writing, and speaking skills.
• Demonstration of leadership practice.
• Willing to learn and exchange ideas.
• Willing to travel to national and international programmes and field visits.

Benefits:

• Participants will undergo several capacity-building programmes including a residential workshop, a field visit to a climate-vulnerable area of Bangladesh, and online classes on climate change and development issues.
• Participants will get opportunities to attend national and international conferences on climate change.
• Top performing participants will receive small funding opportunities to implement youth solutions/innovative ideas on climate change development.
• Participants will get the opportunity to negotiate local climate change problems with policymakers and decision-makers.
• Participants will get the opportunity to be a trainer in future youth fellowship programmes.

Tenure of Fellowship:

The Fellowship programme will be a one (1) year-long commitment. During the fellowship period, fellows will have the opportunity to get guidance from mentors, develop their projects, and execute activities that have a meaningful impact on climate change and development. Depending on the nature of the training modality, youth fellows are encouraged to connect with other ICCCAD youth fellow alumni. The youth fellows will also get the opportunity to join or work with other youth programme initiatives and programmes of ICCCAD.

Certification:

A certificate will be awarded to participants who complete the fellowship programme.

Apply by 30 August 2025, For more details, click here

This fellowship is part of the CAP-RES Project (Capacity Strengthening of Multi-actors to Limit Climate Change Impacts and Enhance Resilience), supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, and jointly implemented by ICCCAD and IUB. Click for more details.