Climate Change

 
 
 

Climate change is a direct threat to a child’s ability to survive, grow, and thrive. As extreme weather events such as cyclones and heatwaves increase in frequency and ferocity, they threaten children’s lives and destroy infrastructure critical to their well-being. Children are the least responsible for climate change, yet they will bear the greatest burden of its impact.

Climate Change Projects

 
Projects Database
Heatwaves & Children
Heatwaves
Heatwaves & Children
Heatwaves

The climate crisis is leading to another crisis altogether – a child’s rights crisis. Not only must UNICEF continue to focus their efforts today on building a better world for every child, every day, everywhere, but they must also look to mitigate against threats in the future that compromise any progress made so far.

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Heatwaves
The Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)
The Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)
The Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)
The Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)

All countries are facing the challenges of climate change and a degrading natural environment. Some countries, and children within those countries, are more at risk of the impacts of climate change than others. Moreover, some countries have in place mechanisms that make them more resilient and ready to address the negative effects of climate change.

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The Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)
 

Climate Change Outputs

 
Outputs
Children's Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion. Recording and a Summary of a Panel Discussion.
Responsible Innovation
Children's Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion. Recording and a Summary of a Panel Discussion.
Responsible Innovation

A summary and a recording from the event we ran in November 2022: Children's Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion.

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Responsible Innovation
Report: The coldest year of the rest of their lives: Protecting children from the escalating impacts of heatwaves
Actionable Insights
Report: The coldest year of the rest of their lives: Protecting children from the escalating impacts of heatwaves
Actionable Insights

UNICEF has generated a new report, supported by our climate change project team, to highlight the unique risks that heatwaves pose for children.

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Actionable Insights
Rapid Literature Review: Children and Heat Waves
Knowledge Exchange
Rapid Literature Review: Children and Heat Waves
Knowledge Exchange

A rapid literature review prepared to support UNICEF’s work in assessing the unique risks heat waves have on children globally.

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Knowledge Exchange
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index
Actionable Insights
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index
Actionable Insights

UNICEF have generated a new report, supported by our climate change project team, to highlight the real risk that climate change poses on children and young people, now and in the future.

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Actionable Insights
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index Systematic Review of the Literature - Findings, Outcomes & Policy Recommendations
Actionable Insights
Report: Children's Climate Risk Index Systematic Review of the Literature - Findings, Outcomes & Policy Recommendations
Actionable Insights

This report has been compiled as part of the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) Project for UNICEF based on the work undertaken for the systematic literature review.

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Actionable Insights
Policy Brief: Children's Climate Risk Index
Actionable Insights
Policy Brief: Children's Climate Risk Index
Actionable Insights

As part of our climate change project, helping UNICEF to develop their Children’s Climate Risk Index, we have produced a policy brief that highlights just how vulnerable children are to the risks of climate change.

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Actionable Insights
Atlas: Children's Climate Risk Index
Knowledge Exchange
Atlas: Children's Climate Risk Index
Knowledge Exchange

This interactive atlas allows users to visualize the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) and its key components on a map.

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Knowledge Exchange
Topic Map: Climate Change
Actionable Insights
Topic Map: Climate Change
Actionable Insights

A topic map exploring priority areas for youth and climate change.

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Actionable Insights
 
Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF