Soliya-powered climate dialogue leaders
Climate change is shaping everyone’s future - especially the future of today’s young people. As a cross-border challenge, it demands international collaboration and problem-solving. But challenges like polarization and misinformation act as roadblocks, and scientific facts on their own don’t lead to meaningful change. Meeting the moment demands the ability to constructively engage and communicate across differences.
To offer concrete solutions, Soliya partnered with other organisations in the CliVEx initiative. “Climate Virtual ExChange: Enhancing Climate Awareness in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean Area,” brings together students from diverse backgrounds in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean region for dialogue and training to empower the next generation of leaders and advocates with the knowledge and insights needed to address pressing environmental concerns.
At the core of this collaborative learning - enabled by virtual exchange - is vibrant intercultural dialogue where students practice difficult, future-oriented conversations on climate change. These conversations are supported by Soliya-trained facilitators who help groups move past common blockers to climate action. For example:
Inclusion. Facilitators create conducive learning environments and use multipartiality to keep diverse voices at the table.
Tension and strong emotions. Trained facilitators hold space for eco-anxiety, grief, and frustration, navigate identity threats, and turn conflict into collaborative problem-solving.
Co-ownership. Skilled facilitators translate science into shared meaning, surface trade-offs, and help groups decide what to do next.
As part of the initiative, Soliya engaged over 1,000 young people through the Introduction to Online Dialogue Facilitation course and the Advanced Training to lead climate-focused discussions. Participants gained leadership skills crucial for a sustainable future.
Initiatives like CliVEx don’t just spark climate dialogue; they equip facilitators to lead difficult, identity-aware conversations where lived experience, emotion, and difference are paired with science and policy.
The world needs people who can lead and facilitate hard climate conversations, not just host them. Soliya trains facilitators to do exactly that — moving groups from perspectives and facts to shared understanding, and from debate to constructive engagement and action.