Children and youth

The youth will take an active role in climate change adaptation and local disaster management programs that are expected to also strengthen their spirit of volunteerism and unleash their potential in helping build disaster-resilient communities, reports Manila Times...

With earthquakes, flooding and cyclones an ever-present danger, the importance of DRR education is growing in importance in Myanmar, reports Mizzima. NGOs say there is a need for greater awareness on disaster risk, including the risks posed by earthquakes, particularly in urban areas, and one way of doing this is by integrating DRR into the education system...

WFP has poured P1.23 million for Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Climate Change Adaptation (DRRM/CCA) activities in six secondary schools in Cagayan. 'We want to foster and raise awareness, knowledge and skills in disaster preparedness and facilitate local communities to become disaster resilient,' said Perla Visorro, president and CEO of the Cagayan Valley Partners in People Development...

'The occurrence of natural or human-induced disasters does not give us warnings nor the time to make quick judgments' said Valenzuela City Congressman Win Gatchalian. Gatchalian’s calls for the establishment of a disaster management committee in each school who will oversee disaster reduction and preparedness activities and maintain formal links between local risk reduction and management council...

The project “Building capacity and removing barriers for people with disabilities in learning about Disaster Risk Management through accessible digital information systems” was launched in Vietnam on 12 January 2016. The event was organized at the office of Lift You Up, located in the Centre for Vocational Training and Rehabilitation for the Young Blind in Hanoi...

Failure to include women in decision-making, lack of information on early warning signs on climate change and weak national meteorological centres have hampered communities’ capacity for coping and adapting to climate change impacts. Speakers at COP21 at the African Pavilion in Paris, called for linking communities with climate data and information services for climate risk management...

This issue highlights how innovations in planning for humanitarian interventions can have a far reaching effect on improving the effectiveness of such interventions, especially for children.

This report argues that children should be a focus of efforts to address climate change and play an active part in the decisions that shape their present and future. The report calls on governments to commit to 6 priority actions in the implementation of