Peacebuilding Fund Thematic Review on Youth, Peace and Security

The 2025 Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) Thematic Review on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS), commissioned by the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) in partnership with UNFPA, UNICEF and Climate Security Mechanism, and led by the UN University’s Centre for Policy Research, outlines programmatic best practices and lessons learned on youth participation in peacebuilding, drawing on examples from 41 PBF-funded projects spanning 33 countries and territories between 2018-2022. One of the cohort of projects reviewed is dedicated to youth engagement in climate, peace and security (CPS) and environmental peacebuilding and examines 12 initiatives in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Honduras, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Somalia.