Sign up today for the Youth Climate Action Fund
Seoul, November 25, 2025 – We are excited to invite your city to sign up today to learn how to apply for the next phase of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Youth Climate Action Fund, a global program helping cities mobilize young people to lead local climate solutions. This program is administered in collaboration with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University, United Cities and Local Governments, and C40 Cities.
By submitting a short, non-binding Expression of Interest (EOI) by 30 November, your city will be among the first to receive application details, resources, and guidance when the program opens in December 2025. You can submit your EOI here.
Bloomberg Philanthropies is expanding its Youth Climate Action Fund, reopening the program for up to 300 city halls. Participating local governments will each receive $50,000 and technical assistance to launch open innovation competitions and mobilize young people ages 15-24 to design, develop, and implement solutions that meet pressing local needs aligned to city climate goals. Municipalities that respond to the urgency of the moment and commit the initial $50,000 within one year will receive an additional $50,000 to support more youth-driven projects. To date, the Fund has helped 100 cities work with more than 100,000 young people to create green spaces, build composting stations, plant trees, design community gardens, and reduce waste, delivering tangible benefits for their communities.
To date, the Fund has helped 100 cities work with more than 100,000 young people to create green spaces, build composting stations, plant trees, design community gardens, and reduce waste, delivering tangible benefits for their communities.
For more information, you can refer to the fund’s website and this article.
For any questions, please reach out to: info@youthclimateactionfund.org
About WeGO
The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO), is a membership-based international association of local governments, smart tech solution providers, and institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart sustainable cities through facilitating public-private partnerships (PPP). WeGO was founded by 50 member cities in 2010 as the World e-Governments Organization, hence our acronym. In response to the evolving concept of smart cities, WeGO expanded its vision and mandate at the 4th General Assembly (2017) and its name to the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization. WeGO’s Secretariat is based in Seoul, Korea, and has regional offices in East Asia (Chengdu, China), Africa (Abuja, Nigeria), Middle East & North Africa (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Latin America (Cuenca, Ecuador), and Central Asia (Almaty, Kazakhstan). As the leading platform on smart city development, WeGO’s mission is to share knowledge and good practices in e-Governance; strengthen administrative efficiency and transparency; advance digital capacity; facilitate civic involvement; bridge the digital divide and inequality; and promote cooperation solidarity among cities and local governments around the world.
WeGO serves for its members as their international platform to improve the quality of life, innovate in the delivery of public services, and strengthen regional competitiveness.
Press Contact:
Name: Junho Jeong
E-mail: j.jeong@we-gov.org
Phone: +82-70-4202-9169