YECAP Nepal Shakers Fellowship 2026, the third cohort under the Youth Climate Catalyst (YCC)initiative, has been launched by UNDP Nepal, in partnership with YouthInnovation Lab (YI-Lab), to address the structural barriers. Under this, CleanEnergy Nepal (CEN) will work as the implementing partner to support programme coordination, capacity development, mentoring, municipal engagement, seed fund management, and monitoring of youth-led climate solutions in the selected ten municipalities. 

Youth Climate Catalyst (YCC) is a youth-ledgrassroots network working with local government and communities to addressclimate change through various projects and action-oriented approaches. YCCIII seeks to strengthen and scale support for youth-led climate CSOs nationwideand will serve as a catalytic platform to amplify youth impact,  deepen collaboration, andaccelerate climate solutions led by and for Nepal’s young changemakers