Youth and United Nations Global Alliance (YUNGA)

Formed in 2009, the Youth and United Nations Global Alliance (YUNGA) is a partnership between United Nations agencies, civil society organizations and other entities that work with children and young people.

YUNGA acts as a gateway for children and youth from around the world to participate in the activities and initiatives of the United Nations. YUNGA seeks to empower children and young people to have a greater role in society, raise awareness and become active agents of change. YUNGA aims to engage young people in activities of key environmental and social concern at both national and international levels.



YUNGA Challenge Badges - Climate Change

Climate Change Challenge Badge

Climate change is a global problem, but many of its causes are due to individual lifestyle choices. The Food Security and Climate Change Challenge Badge helps to raise awareness about how our everyday activities contribute to climate change and how different communities and individuals are already being affected by it, especially in regard to access to water and food.


YUNGA Challenge Badges - Plastic Tide Turner

Plastics Challenge Badge

The Plastics Challenge Badge is designed to help educate children and young people about the dangers of plastic pollution, how to reduce our plastic waste, and how to mobilize others to do the same. The badge explores the many negative consequences of one-use plastics on land and in the Ocean and how we can adopt daily habits and consumption patterns that eliminate the use and need for single-use plastics.