Who Gets to Shape the Future?

​The Rosenberg Youth Manifesto is a living initiative by the students of Institut auf dem Rosenberg, developed in collaboration with Climate Words, bringing next-generation perspectives on the interconnected needs of people and planet into dialogue with global leaders, scientists, educators and innovators.

​During Climate Week NYC, in partnership with Swissnex, the Manifesto continues through an immersive installation and a series of interactive conversations exploring leadership, humanity and intelligence, regeneration, and our shared responsibility for the future. Visitors are invited not simply to observe, but to contribute – sharing questions, reflections and commitments that will become part of a growing archive of perspectives.

​These contributions will travel from New York to The Rosenberg House Davos 2027, where students will bring them into dialogue with decision-makers during the World Economic Forum and use them to inform the next chapter of the Youth Manifesto.

​Moving from conversation to contribution and action, the initiative asks a simple question: What will your generation add?

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​This event is part of Assembly, the main Swiss stage at Climate Week NYC 2026. As world leaders gather in Midtown Manhattan, Swissnex assembles Swiss and global voices – from private sector innovators and researchers to artists and policymakers – in the East Village for three days of communal climate thinking and action. Assembly speaks to deliberation and democracy – the idea that communities must collectively define their futures – as well as the ongoing, creative, improvisational process of constructing those futures from the pieces of our present.