Climate Event Hub

Join us for a dynamic week of workshops, discussions, exhibits, creative exchanges, and more-happening alongside the UNFCCC Climate Talks (SB62)! Questions? Email Magdalena Mirwald at magdalena@slycantrust.org. See the agenda here: https://slycantrust.org/climate-event-hub-sb62#programme

Sunday, June 22nd

18.00 - 19.00 | Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

From Data to Stories of Hope: Building Resilience from the Ground Up

In the face of a warming planet, art becomes a powerful tool for resilience, connection, and change. Heatwave Heroes, a community-centered event, will bring together visual storytelling, poetry, and open dialogue. This event will showcase lived experiences and creative expressions around the theme of climate resilience and adaptation.

19.30 - 20.30 | SLYCAN Trust

Rooted in Resilience: Perspectives on Climate-Friendly Food Systems

Are you in Bonn and interested in food systems and climate change? Join us for an evening of dialogue and exchange on building food systems that are climate-friendly, resilient, and equitable. The event will take place at the sidelines of the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings (SB62) to provide a forum for sharing experiences and insights from across regions and explore how communities are reimagining food systems in response to the climate crisis.

Register here: bit.ly/climatefoodsystems

Monday, June 23rd

10.00 - 11.30 | Climate Solution International

Our Time, Our Climate: Youth Agendas at SB62

A high-impact dialogue and advocacy event that will bring together youth climate leaders, negotiators, and allies to spotlight youth-led agendas, priorities, and solutions in the context of international climate policy. Taking place during the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) of the UNFCCC, this event will serve as a strategic space for young people from across the globe-especially from climate-vulnerable and underrepresented communities-to present their demands, share policy briefs, and amplify grassroots actions on key negotiation tracks such as Loss and Damage, Climate Finance, Adaptation, Capacity Building, and Intergenerational Equity. Through a combination of storytelling, panel discussions, and interactive dialogue, the session will foster meaningful youth engagement with negotiators and decision-makers, reinforcing the urgency of including youth perspectives in shaping just and inclusive climate outcomes.

18.30 - 21.30 | SLYCAN Trust

Reception on Security and Climate Change (Invite only)

Tuesday, June 24th

14.00 - 15.30 | Argentina 1.5 and Fundación Avina

Voices of the CoCoA Process: regional reflections for the GGA indicators

In light of the growing climate urgency and the need to consolidate concrete progress toward achieving the Global Goal on Adaptation and its monitoring, this event, organized by Argentina 1.5 with the collaboration of Fundación Avina and Instituto Talanoa, is conceived as a space for strategic dialogue, collective exchange, and constructive advocacy. The event aims to jointly reflect on the outcomes of the first week of negotiations at SB62-particularly the status of the review of the experts' proposed indicators-and to co-create effective advocacy strategies for the final phase of SB62 and the upcoming COP30 in Belém.

18.00 - 21.00 | TH Cologne

Urban Water - a sensory experience

In this workshop, we will explore how engaging our senses (e.g. hearing, touching, smelling, seeing, and feeling) can help us relate to and understand climate change adaptation in urban spaces, with a particular focus on the role of water.

Agenda:

• 18:00 - 18:15 Welcome and Introduction
• 18:15 - 18:40 Explanation of the Senses and Meditation
• 18:40 - 19:30 Explorative Walk
• 19:30 - 20:00 Sharing and Exchanging Perceptions
• 20:00 - 20:30 Reflection: Understanding Water in the City

Wednesday, June 25th

10.00 - 11.00 | Youth Love Egypt (YLE)

Environmental education: building the capacity of educators through innovative teaching approaches

The Environmental Education for Climate Action event aims to highlight the importance of capacity building in Africa and the Mediterranean region to address climate injustice. It focuses on equipping educators with the latest innovative teaching techniques suited to the unique contexts of Africa, in the languages of their home countries. The event will feature speakers from international organizations, such as the Global Centre on adaptation, which focuses on educating communities and building resilience in the face of environmental challenges. We will also showcase our experience in adopting this educational approach within the Egyptian context.

13.30 - 14.30 | Green Space Organization

Resilience in Action: Youth-Led Climate Solutions from the MENA Region

A panel discussion highlighting the unique environmental challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and exploring how youth from the region are leading innovative initiatives despite limited resources, conflict, and a challenging political climate. The session aims to showcase success stories, share experiences, and explore prospects for regional and international cooperation in climate action.

15.00 - 16.00 | African Network on Climate Action

Our Earth, our Stories: Youth Narratives for Climate Action

A storytelling session that will take place on the sidelines of SB62, amplifying the lived experiences, resilience, and innovative solutions of young people at the frontlines of the climate crisis. This event provides a safe and inclusive platform for youth from diverse backgrounds-especially those from Indigenous, marginalized, and climate-vulnerable communities-to share powerful personal narratives that reflect the interconnectedness of climate change, social justice, and intergenerational equity. Through spoken word, short stories, visual media, and lived testimonies, the session will explore themes such as climate-induced displacement, environmental activism, eco-entrepreneurship, adaptation struggles, and community-led innovations. By humanizing data and policy with emotion and experience, the session aims to influence negotiators and stakeholders at SB62 to recognize youth not just as beneficiaries, but as rightsholders, storytellers, and solution-builders in the global climate movement.

19.00 - 21.00 | SLYCAN Trust

Health and Climate Change Reception:

Understanding the Nexus and Exploring Opportunities for Action

The reception will include presentations of case studies illustrating key health challenges in the climate nexus and serve as a platform for open dialog on interconnections and potential synergies between discursive, institutional, policy, and financial frameworks related to both climate change and health. It will also provide a networking opportunity over drinks and snacks between experts and advocates across climate change, global health, and public health. We welcome experts and input on various topics, including heat stress, food and water security, infectious diseases, and air pollution.

Registration: bit.ly/Health_CC

Thursday, June 26th

14.00 - 15.00 | The Climate Mobility Community Action Network (CMACN)

Climate Mobility: What is it and the Role of Storytelling

The focus of this event is to highlight the importance of storytelling when it comes to educating communities and individuals on climate mobility. This event will look at climate mobility storytelling from three different angles: loss & damage, climate adaptation, and climate finance. The point of this event will be to look at climate mobility storytelling and how it can be applied to all their topics in order for participants to learn and reflect. Participants will be split up into three different groups throughout the session to learn how to apply this topic to other climate topics. Participants will need to answer a set of questions when put into groups on climate mobility storytelling. A short presentation on climate mobility will happen in the beginning of the event and outline what storytelling is. Afterwards there will be a discussion about the activity and objectives of it. The end of the event will be a reflection session on key takeaways from the different groups, main findings, and what does climate mobility and storytelling mean.