The Climate Challenge

Are you passionate about the future of Aotearoa and want to make a difference on climate change?

The Climate Challenge Conference is a celebration of Aotearoa's diverse young leaders, innovators and change-makers who are steeping up to face the greatest challenge of our generation - climate change. Since 2016 The Climate Challenge has been running conferences for high school aged youth. These are spaces for young people to share ideas, develop skills, build connections and co-create solutions on climate justice to take back to their communities.

The Climate Challenge Conferences have been postponed due to Covid

Find out more here

"Attending the Climate Challenge Conference gave me so much confidence to start my own project, I'm so grateful I attended!"
- Anna, scholarship recipient 2019

Previous Conference Speakers

Dr. Jane Goodall
Internationally renowned conservationist, best known
for her study of primates

Josiah Tualamali'i
Co-founded the Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation Council

Teanau Tuiono
Environmental, social justice and indigenous rights activist

Sophie Handford
National Coordinator for Schools Strike 4 Climate and Kāpiti Coast District Councillor

Laura O'Connell Rapira
Director of ActionStation, a campaigning platform and Co-founder of RockEnrol

Hon, James Shaw
The Minister for Climate Change, a great supporter of the Zero Carbon Bill

Guy Ryan
CEO of Inspiring Stories and Young New Zealander of the Year in 2015

Mary Moeono-Kolio
Coordinator of the Wellington Pacific Climate Warriors