Children and youth

Strategies and approaches to empower children and youth and engage them as actors and contributors in DRR and resilience-building policies, programmes and strategies.

Latest Children & youth additions in the Knowledge Base

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Discover how climate change is widening inequalities among rural poor, women, and youth, and explore actionable solutions to protect the most vulnerable in this FAO report.
weADAPT
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Documents and publications
This report examines the impacts of labour migration on children in the context of climate change.
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A new report shows how migration in the context of climate change is profoundly affecting the lives of children in Southeast Asia.
World Vision International
Children and Youth as Agents of Change
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One way to make teaching about climate adaptation less potentially daunting for teachers is to draw on personal experience, particularly when conveyed through the creative arts.
Conversation Media Group, the
Women walking on a beach carrying baskets on their heads
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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is launching awards for two categories - women and youth - for their commitment in implementing innovative water solutions.
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
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This case study shows how UNICEF, the Government of Madagascar and civil society are working together to pilot a ground-breaking, innovative finance solution that includes a child-responsive, parametric risk transfer product for tropical cyclones.
Two proud African girls carrying heavy household items on their head
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One in 5 children - or 466 million - live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared to just six decades ago, according to a new UNICEF analysis.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
Flooding, Bentiu, South Sudan
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Displacement, extreme heat, and conflict impacting millions of children in Sudan.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
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