The African Youth Initiative Climate Change (AYICC) is convening the first edition of the African Youth Conference on Climate Change (AfriYOCC) on the theme: ‘’African Youth Responses to Climate Change and Food Security, Action from the Frontline’’ from the 26th  to 27th October 2015 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

AfriYOCC 2015 will provide an avenue for African youth to showcase their climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, projects and initiatives. Best practices arising from the various AYICC country chapters shall be showcased and eventually developed to a best practices data base and handbook. The Africa ClimDev Youth Climate Platform will also be officially launched during AfriYOCC.

AfriYOCC is holding in the most important year for development since 2000, when the Millennium Development Goals were unveiled. As we transit from MDG’s to SDG’s, this conference presents a unique opportunity to mainstream the voices of African youths in the ongoing climate change negotiations and COP21 in Paris. The conference will focus on the following thematic areas:

1. Youth in Agribusiness
2. Climate Change and Development in Africa
3. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
4. Green Economy and Technology
5. Climate Justice and Human Rights
6. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction