The young reporters are aged between 13 and 19 and will be sent to write features on events that also include MTV's Play to Stop concert on 7 December that coincides with the UN conference.
Other events they will report on will be The Guardian's International Development Journalism Awards and the Vinspired awards, which include a performance by Tinchy Stryder.
The initiative, called Write Here, Right Now, is funded through the Department for International Development's UKaid fund and is run by Live Futures, which publishes Live Magazine.
Articles written by the team, who were recruited through a promotion in publications including Sugar, will appear on the website www.writehererightnow.org.
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