A Decade of Youth, Peace and Security: Fostering Intergenerational Action on Climate, Peace and Security

This report compiles key takeaways from a session of the 2025 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, organized by SIPRI, the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Kofi Annan Foundation (KAF). The session convened young leaders and decision makers in an intergenerational dialogue on climate, peace and security, built upon findings from ‘Beyond Vulnerability: A Guidance Note on Youth, Climate, Peace, and Security’, published by FBA, SIPRI and UNDP, and on KAF and SIPRI’s youth-led research, ‘Resilience Rising: Youth Research Informing Global Climate and Conflict Responses’. 

The session discussed the concrete actions governments, international organizations or donors can take to better support and scale youth-led initiatives working at the intersection of climate, peace and security. The report compiles recommendations based on the input from a group of young leaders and decision makers who attended the session.