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

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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A newly funded program led by UNSW Sydney’s Professor Donna Green will soon enable NSW primary school teachers to equip their students with the knowledge and practical skills to face natural disasters.
University of New South Wales
Educational materials
The Porto City Hall, trough its Serviço Municipal de Proteção Civil do Município do Porto (Municipal Civil Protection Service) provides online information in Portuguese concerning preventive protection measures
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Documents and publications
This report aims to provide a comprehensive stocktake of the impacts of climate change on children across six major hazards that impact their health and well-being: extreme heat, droughts, wildfires, floods and storms, air pollution and ecosystem changes.
Uzbek children in Registan Square, in traditional clothes with doira
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New policy brief outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children, particularly vulnerable to the health effects of heat stress.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
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Documents and publications
This policy brief outlines six policy recommendations for governments to protect young children, particularly vulnerable to the health effects of heat stress.
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As millions of student athletes begin outdoor practice this late summer, they're playing in a warmer world than their parents or coaches experienced decades earlier.
Climate Central
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