Innovations in Development : About Me

Esther has over 10 years of experience working on sexuality and environmental issues. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from the University of Calabar in 2002. Esther is a climate change policy expert and trainer with extensive experience in creating, facilitating and managing youth-led projects. She has represented Nigeria and Africa at over ten high-level global governance meetings on sustainable development and has served as the African coordinator of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Youth and Children Major Group.

Esther co-founded the Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition, the biggest youth climate movement in Nigeria. also served as a volunteer support staff member with the White Ribbon Alliance Nigeria and convened the first Youth E-consultation on Maternal New Born and Child Health (MNCH) and Family Planning. She was selected as ‘Women Deliver 100 Young Leaders’ for her strong interest in women’s issues and was invited to attend the “Women Deliver” Global Conference in DC in June 2010 and in 2013, She was invited as a Speake at the 3rd Women Deliver Global Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Esther is the recipient of the 2010 LEAP Africa Annual Nigerian Youth Leadership Award and is a Dekeyser & Friends Foundation Fellow and Commonwealth Youth Climate Fellow. and current chair Actionaid General Assembly and 2014 Convener

At the end of 2012 She completed her year-long Advocacy fellowship with Population Action International (PAI) in Washington DC, where she worked on International Advocacy on Population and Climate Change. She Founder Devnovate Ltd, a young creative start-up that is providing innovative solutions to development issues. She is currently leading the Youth Advocacy efforts on RH/Family Planning and climate Change in Nigeria

She remains grateful to God and to her family, friends and benefactors.

You may contact Esther on Twitter via @estherclimate or email : donestyc@gmail.com

Youth Caucus UN CSD 17

The CSD Youth Caucus is an international network of over 2,000 youth leaders from hundreds of individuals and organisations, many of which are themselves national networks, that brings together young people with a desire to build a more sustainable world. The focus of the caucus is two-fold. First, to facilitate youth input into the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, the primary international forum concerned with issues of Sustainability, and secondly to foster information sharing and communication between a diverse network of youth organisations who share a common interest in sustainability. Among the Youth Caucus is Esther Agbarakwe, representing Nigeria

Empowering Young people in Global Governance Process: The German Government

Young people, who constitute the majority of the world’s population, are an important force and partner in the field of global Interdependence. It follows, therefore, that youth organisations are social actors who should be recognised as having a role to play in development and who are capable of carrying out projects and programmes in the field of development co-operation. Direct co-operation and exchange of ideas between young people in the North and South is a key instrument of intercultural understanding and global interdependence.

Youth in Global Governance

There are millions of young people in the world who have one thing in common, they are in the process of preparing for adult life, seeking to ensure economic independence and become productive members of their societies. For that to succeed, young people require the support and help of their families; the conditions to live in peace; access to educational and health facilities; and productive, enjoyable leisure time. These are basic necessities for young people the world over, irrespective of their race, sex, colour or religion.

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