MigRise
Climate
Academy

A project funded under the Funding Fairer Futures program.

MigRise Climate Academy is a BreachBuilders e.V. initiative that equips BIPOC youths including those of African descent as well as youths with a family or personal migration background residing in Germany with the knowledge, skills, and networks to advance climate justice.

Purpose

The MigRise Climate Academy seeks to bridge the climate interest deficit and diversity gap within this particular group who due to systemic, structural, and cultural barriers, remains largely underrepresented in climate justice movements. Consequently, the valuable knowledge and experience from migrant youths are not sufficiently included in the discourse and the movement. The goal is to create safe spaces for dialogue, education, and advocacy to align climate justice with migrant youths priorities, cultural contexts and promote climate belonging.

Our Objectives

Increase Climate Justice Awareness

To increase climate justice awareness and interest among Migrant (personal or family), Black and People of Colour youths (MBPY).

Provide Advocacy Tools

To provide advocacy tools for meaningful climate justice engagement.

Enhance Representation

To enhance representation of MBPY in climate justice movements.

Foster Climate Belonging

To foster a sense of climate belonging among MBPY.

What We Believe

We believe climate justice is more than science, it is social, cultural, and personal. It is about who gets to breathe clean air, who feels seen in the climate movement, and who gets to tell the story of our planet’s future.

Structure of the Academy (2025–2026)

Think of MigRise Climate Academy as a journey, not a workshop! Each season brings its own rhythm, creativity, and breakthroughs. The Academy is a nine-month long creative space where diverse young voices meet to redefine what climate justice looks like.

November 2025 – January 2026

Quarter 1: Knowledge Transfer: We Learn

From November 2025 to January 2026, twenty youths from all over Germany dive deep into what climate justice really means, from intersectionality to policy to storytelling. We host interactive workshops, create our own climate pledges, and develop the “Climate Diversity Game Card” a tool designed by us, for us. January is our checkpoint, we gather together for collective reflection on our climate commitments and a playful round of the “Climate Diversity Game Card.”

February – April 2026

Quarter 2: Skill Up: We Speak Up

Between February and April, the Academy transforms into a studio. We record our first podcast series and host the MigRise Climate Justice Challenge, mixing creativity with activism. To sum it up, we put it down on paper by publishing our first blog series! To mark the end of this phase, we gather for the first Climate Diversity Forum in April, a space bursting with art, ideas, and young people who believe in inclusive and just climate futures. We will also showcase our Climate Justice Challenge outputs at the inaugural Climate Diversity Forum and present our Climate Diversity Game Card to the audience as an advocacy tool.

May – Mid-August 2026

Quarter 3: In Action: We Rise

From May to Mid-August, we partner with diaspora/migrant organisations and feature them in our second Podcast series in order to increase their engagement on the climate justice debates and convene for our second Climate Diversity Forum in August. We also launch the MigRise Coffee Book, a stunning collection of stories from young climate advocates redefining what activism looks like when diversity leads.

What We will Create Together

This is not just a project. It is a movement and we invite you to be a part of this journey.

Podcast Series: Young voices, real talk.
Climate Diversity Game Card: Fun, bold, and made by MBPY youth.
MigRise Blog Series: 20 authentic stories of climate justice.
MigRise Coffee Book: Our voices in print.
2 Climate Diversity Forums: Real people. Real dialogue. Real change.
MigRise Ambassadors Network: The next generation of climate leaders.

Who is the Academy For?

MBPY Youth (18–30): You belong here. You’ll learn, connect, and lead projects that actually speak to your experience.
Migrant & Diaspora Organizations: Join us in reimagining how communities engage with climate justice.
Climate Allies & Policy Actors: Work with us to make climate solutions inclusive, local, and lasting.

MigRise Climate Academy