Call for Applications for the 2025 Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice (NSSCJ)
Application Deadline: 5 May 2025
Call for Applications for the 2025 Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice (NSSCJ)
Overview
Theme: Aspiring a Liveable Future- Youth Led Transformation in the Polycrisis Era
Are you a passionate young leader ready to make a difference? The Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice (NSSCJ) is calling on grassroots climate activists, advocates, and practitioners to be part of Cohort V!
This year, NSSCJ Cohort V takes place in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, from August 17 – August 30, 2025. In collaboration with key partners, this edition promises a transformative learning experience, equipping you with the skills, knowledge, and networks to drive environmental and social justice in your community.
About the Summer School
The Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice (NSSCJ) is a pioneering initiative of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and its partners, designed to awaken, equip, and inspire a new generation of actors in Africa and beyond to tackle the urgent issue of climate justice. At its core, NSSCJ advances intra- and inter-generational equity, ensuring that climate justice perspectives are strengthened across local, national, sub-national, regional, and global interventions. NSSCJ serves as a dynamic platform for interaction, learning, mentorship, and networking, fostering disruptive ideas essential for transformative change in a world facing climate catastrophe. It brings together scholar-activists, community scholars, young climate justice advocates, and practitioners, creating a space where innovative solutions are forged, and emerging advocates are empowered.
Over the years, NSSCJ has evolved into a key gathering for shaping climate justice discourse and action. Participants engage in critical discussions and practical, solution-oriented modules that promote fair and inclusive pathways toward low-carbon, climate-resilient development. Beyond the classroom, graduates extend their impact within their communities, launching grassroots initiatives that address local climate justice challenges. Since its inception in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, NSSCJ has successfully conducted four editions, equipping approximately 1,500 individuals from 87 countries worldwide with the tools and knowledge to drive meaningful climate action.
Who Can Apply?
The NSSCJ embraces a holistic societal approach, bringing together grassroots leaders, activists, and experts from diverse sectors and backgrounds. It welcomes participants regardless of their educational, cultural, demographic, or geographical context. Eligible participants include climate justice advocates, policymakers, grassroots community leaders, farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk, Indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, academics, climate scientists, researchers, representatives from smallholder organizations, trade unions, civil society organizations, NGOs, faith-based groups, community-based organizations, self-help groups, youth and women’s groups, and others dedicated to tackling climate change and advancing climate justice through locally led initiatives and actions
There are a limited number of scholarship opportunities that will be granted through a competitive selection process
Eligibility Requirements
- Have an O-level certificate or the equivalent high school matriculation.
- Be between 18-35 years at the time of application
- Have fluency in English, French, Portuguese languages;
- Have a valid passport (for non- Ethiopian applicants)
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