Loss and damage: Challenges and opportunities for city leadership – a youth perspective

This document is designed specifically for young people by young people, to accompany C40 Cities' broader report Loss and damage: Challenges and opportunities for city leadership. By engaging with this report, young people will gain a critical understanding of how to engage with policies and practices to address loss and damage in partnership with cities and mayors in an urban setting. The author outlines the different ways youth are already helping address loss and damage in their cities, whilst spotlighting the unique role young people can play - including in collaboration with cities and mayors - in integrating these learnings into their leadership and advocacy to address the urban dimensions of loss and damage.

5 key roles of young people in addressing urban loss and damage are emphasized:

• Preventing and preparing for climate risks
• Championing inclusivity and accountability
• Generating evidence and data on loss and damage
• Enhancing generational cooperation and solidarity
• Influencing national and multilateral discussions