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
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.
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.
Climate Change Outputs
This case study explains how the Data for Children Collaborative supported UNICEF in better understanding the risks so that countries have more evidence to build their capacity and resilience to help children around the globe and into the future.
A summary and a recording from the event we ran in November 2022: Children's Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion.
UNICEF has generated a new report, supported by our climate change project team, to highlight the unique risks that heatwaves pose for children.
A rapid literature review prepared to support UNICEF’s work in assessing the unique risks heat waves have on children globally.
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.
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.
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.
This interactive atlas allows users to visualize the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) and its key components on a map.
A topic map exploring priority areas for youth and climate change.