About Climate Skills Programme

Climate Skills programme builds on HSBC and British Council's long history of collaboration and co-creation of programmes at country and regional level to now build a global approach to youth skills development. With a focus on youth and education, the programme reflects the partners' mutual interest in equipping the next generation to understand, mitigate adn adapt to climate change.

The programme is launching in Brazil, Mexico, India, Indonesia, and Viet Nam. The overall objective of Climate Skills programme is to provide the skills marginalised young people need to be resilient to the impacts of climate change and to participate effectively in the transition from fossil fuel to sustainable energy sources.

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Programme intervention in Indonesia

Location

Indonesia is committed to reducing emissions to achieve its net zero emissions target by 2060 or earlier. West Java is committed to contribute to achieving Indonesia net zero emission target. West Java has ambitious plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emission by 73% and create 6 million green jobs by 2060 in key sectors including energy, electric vehicle, land restoration and waste management. Climate Skills programme is very much aligned with what West Java government's ambition particularly in the following regions: Cirebon, Sukabumi, Greater Bandung, Garut, Purwakarta, Tasikmalaya, Pangandaran, Majalengka, Cianjur.

Activities

The Climate Skills programme builds a global approach to youth skills development, helping sow the seeds for a just transititon away from fossil fuels to greener economies. Young people including those experiencing marginalisationa, are empowered through the development of climate skills to play a part in a just transition locally, regionally and globally.

We will train 200 marginalised young people aged 18-30 years old across. West Java to equip them with skills, and knowledge to be resilient to the impacts of climate change and to participated effectively in the transition from fossil fuel to sustainable energy sources. In addition, we will also connect them to wider stakeholders including government, decision makers, education and training providers. NGOs as well as employers. These wider stakeholders can act as mentors to the young people when they plan and execute climate action projects in their own communities.

The core learning of Climate Skills programme will combine cultural relations approach, British Council's Non-Formal Education foundational skills, and specific green skills for new jobs. The learning outcomes lie across the spectrum from 'soft' to 'hard' skills. Both skills are mutually reinforcing. See figure below.

 

The programme and learning outcomes are achieved through a series of phases which includes workshops, collaborating and doing things in the community (Climate Action Project), with support from mentors. The programme will provide funding to strong climate action projects proposals so that the young people have the chance to test their ideas in their own lives, learning from failure and success working in their own communities. At the end of cycle, we will facilitate the young people to reflect on their experience participating in the Climate Skills programme, consolidate their learning, and share their insights to wider stakeholders locally in West Java, nationally with relevant government ministries and civil society, as well as globally with fellow young people in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Viet Nam.

 
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