The third Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC) will be held 9 August 2026, circling the Earth with the Sun across three 8-hour time zones in 24 hours (00:00 GMT – 24:00 GMT) on the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

GIYSCC 2026 will focus on the theme, “Indigenous Guardians: Land, Rights, and Knowledge for Climate Justice.”

The summit is hosted by Future Earth with Science Diplomacy Center™ coordination in collaboration with the Africa and Asia Regional Chapters of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) among many key collaborators.

This “virtual dialogue by, for and among Indigenous youth with global inclusion” builds on GIYSCC-2023 -25. The first Summit was hosted by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), involving 2100+ registrants from 136 nations and representing nearly 290 languages in the first two years (please see PAST SUMMITS) during this International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032.

A legacy contribution from GIYSCC-2023 is the invited Nature Commentary that Indigenous Youth Must Be at the Forefront of Climate Diplomacy, building a Global Partnership of Indigenous Youth in the spirt of SDG 17 among the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with planetary focus on Climate Action (SDG 13).