Connected Advocacy spokesperson Prince Israel Orekha pictured on the right/Photo: CA
New Coordinated Trust platform will connect local and global voices to advance locally led climate action and protect frontline and coastal communities
Antalya, Turkeyi, 13 November 2026
Connected Advocacy has announced the creation of the World Locally Led Foundation, following a side event organised at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference that produced a set of recommendations for strengthening locally led climate action.
Participants in the side event researched and developed the recommendations together. The key outcome was a call to build a Coordinated Trust platform of local and global voices from around the world. Through the platform, people will be able to share, learn, and advocate together for locally led climate action and inclusive implementation.
The platform’s priority is to protect frontline and coastal communities. These communities bear the brunt of climate impacts and are often the first responders when disasters strike, yet they are frequently left out of decisions that affect them most.
To carry this outcome forward, the World Locally Led Foundation is being designed to facilitate the platform and the other results of the event, including its design and operation.
Nothing about implementation without communities, and no localization without resources, leadership and accountability, A message from Connected Advocacy spokesperson Prince Israel Orekha on why locally led action and inclusive implementation matter and what this coordinated platform will achieved.
He said, The Foundation will work with local organisations, community leaders, and global partners to ensure that frontline voices shape climate policy and its delivery on the ground. Locally led action must not remain an aspiration in international policy documents. It must become a measurable commitment to transferring power, resources and opportunities to the people and institutions closest to the challenges.
About Connected Advocacy
Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative is a youth-led, community-based nonprofit organisation working to amplify underserved voices and strengthen inclusive democratic leadership, climate and energy justice, environmental protection, community resilience and sustainable development.
Through its local-to-global advocacy, partnerships and community engagement initiatives, Connected Advocacy works to advance locally led solutions, strengthen institutional accountability and ensure that frontline communities, young people, women and other underserved groups meaningfully participate in shaping policies and decisions that affect their lives.
The organisation convenes the Global Localization Forum as a platform for strengthening collaboration, knowledge exchange and collective advocacy for locally led climate, humanitarian, environmental and energy action.
About the World Locally Led Foundation
The World Locally Led Foundation is being established by Connected Advocacy to facilitate the outcomes of the side event and to design and operate the Coordinated Trust platform.
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