The Liberian Youth Initiative on Climate Change is a non-profit youth organization committed to addressing climate change issues in Liberia. Their mission is to engage in climate action and sustainable development activities to help address problems caused by climate change like famine, poverty, and poor health. They aim to educate the public, especially youth, about climate change and promote renewable energy, waste management, and divestment from fossil fuels. The organization believes that collective action, especially from youth, is needed to slow climate change and advocates for a just transition to a low-carbon economy.

1. Liberian Youth Initiative on Climate Change is a non-profit making Youth Organization
committed to addressing the pressing issues of climate change in Liberia.
Liberian youth Initiative on climate is also committed to build, nurture, restore and preserve
the socio economic and cultural environment of Liberia to make an epitore of development.
Liberian youth initiative on climate change target beneficiary is the general communities
around Liberia who plays a pivotal role in instilling longing peace and challenging
sustainable development in the country.
VISION
Protecting and sustaining our Environment for the benefit of future generations.
MISSION
To engage extensively on a multi-faceted climate change action and sustain development
related activities that would help bridge the gap on famine, poor health conditions, poverty
and other environmental threats that occurred due to climatic change.
OBJECTIVE
Operate on the basis of our constitution which sets out our objectives, membership criteria,
management structure, and day to day running of the organization.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership to the organization shall be open to youth and adults in and out of Liberia who
are ready to share in the organization’s mission, vision and objectives.
OVERALL OBJECTIVE
To empower volunteers to serve their communities and meet sustainable environmental needs
and discuss community’s action and grassroots solutions to climate change.
SPECIFIC PURPOSES
1. To better inform the general public about the negative impacts climate change will
have on us and our generation, and the necessity of stronger action in response to it.
2. To provide education training in the matters of climate change through networking
and collaboration with other organization.

2. 3. To promote effective solid waste management through proper dumping and sorting of
waste.
4. To encourage industries, companies and universities to divest from fuel investments
or to at least reduce their carbon emissions.
5. To empower communities and individual action on matters related to energy
conservation.
6. To encourage industries, companies and the government to invest in renewable energy
sources with the aim of Liberia reducing it’s reliance on fossil fuel at least 30% by
2030.
CORE BELIEFS
Liberian Youth Initiative on Climate change believes that:
 Climate change will be slowed by people and organization taking action
collectively.
 Young people are most impacted by climate change and are among our most
powerful advocate.
 Transitioning to just low-carbon economy demands the generational characteristics
that millennial posses: optimistic, collaborative, education and technologically
savvy.
 Educators are critical messengers of climate change and that energy literacy and
climate change education is part of the solution.
 We believe that dramatic change requires personal and societal responsibility,
empathy, courage and tenacity.
 Educating other is a key solution to climate change as it builds climate literacy. The
more people that are knowledgeable about the issue and comfortable talking about
it, the bigger impact we can have as a society.

3. Contact #: 0880513451/0776578066
Email: liyicc2015@gmail.com
Twitter: LIYICC20151
Face book: Liberian Youth Initiative on Climate change.
Motto: “You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem”