About Us

What is Youth Climate Impact Community (YCIC)?

An initiative designed as a collaborative space for young leaders across India, operationalized by Bring Back Green Foundation and supported by YuWaah - UNICEF.

Vision

 To establish a decentralized, youth-led community empowering young people across states to identify and act on local climate challenges. The YCIC model leverages personal networks and volunteer effort for scalability before seeking external support.

 Mission

To build and empower a vibrant community of young climate leaders across India, fostering collaboration, driving impactful on-ground action, strengthening advocacy efforts, and facilitating partnerships for a sustainable and climate-resilient future.

Our Guiding Principles :

• Collaboration: Encouraging collective action, open dialogue, and sharing of ideas, resources, and strategies, especially by partnering with other youth networks.

• Inclusivity: Committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community, welcoming young people of all backgrounds, cultures, and identities. Discrimination, harassment, or exclusion are not tolerated.

• Youth Empowerment: Believing in the power of young people to drive change, encouraging ownership of contributions, and striving for innovative, community-centered approaches.

• Integrity and Accountability: Expecting transparency in all actions and decisions, holding members to the highest ethical standards.

• Zero-Capital Startup Model: Operating without initial financial investment, relying on resourcefulness, passion, and commitment.

• Community - Driven Agenda: All projects respond to climate-related issues identified and documented at the grassroots level