Climate change is increasingly experienced through its effects on livelihoods, access to resources, infrastructure, health, social relationships, and human security. Yet discussions around Climate, Peace and Security can often remain at the level of policy institutions and technical experts. The Climate Peace Circle (CPC) approach starts from a different premise: communities themselves have important knowledge about the risks they experience and should have meaningful opportunities to participate in understanding, discussing and responding to them.

Peace Catalyst’s team member Moses Abolade is working tirelessly to provide resources and training opportunities to equip Africa’s peacebuilders for effective, long-lasting change across the African continent. His work focuses on faith-based peacebuilding, youth leadership, and media-driven learning that empowers communities across divides.

Today's children are not just tomorrow's leaders, neighbors, parents, and community members; they are also capable of leading today.

If we want to build a peaceful, flourishing future, we must begin teaching our youth the culture of peace now, empowering them to lead and make an impact today.

Join PCI's Peter Digitale Anderson for a conversation with U.S. peace educator Julie Lillie and Nigerian peace educator Moses Abolade about training young peacebuilders across the world. They reflect on the experiences and values that guide their work, approaches that they've found most effective across countries and cultures, and stories of the changes they've seen in their work.

The Rick Love Young Innovator Awards are for peacebuilders under the age of 30 who are up-and-coming leaders and who have recently started or will soon be starting innovative peacebuilding efforts that promise to be transformative in their context. Meet one of this year’s Rick Love Young Innovator Award recipients, Moses Abolade…