This brown bag offers an introduction to UN negotiation processes with a particular focus on climate negotiations under the UNFCCC. Marie-Claire Graf, one of the founders of the Youth Negotiators Academy, explains why and how the YNA came to be and its current role influencing the future of UN negotiations. Jervon sheds light on the experience of being a youth negotiator from a small island developing state and discusses the wider challenges that SIDS like the Bahamas must overcome in order to effectively engage in the UNFCCC COP process.