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

Turkish schoolgirls in uniform walking in a street
Natural hazards have a devastating effect on children’s education. Through its Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS), the World Bank works hand-in-hand with client countries to ensure the resilience of school infrastructure.
World Bank, the
Group of school children in Sri Lanka
This new initiative from UNICEF empowers children living in Sri Lanka’s tea estates with disaster preparedness.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
Public health recommendations during smoke events tend to provide general advice, and don’t often include advice specifically geared at children who are uniquely vulnerable to bushfire smoke.
Conversation Media Group, the
Recent research has brought to light the very high increase in premature births and the severe health outcomes children face due to the impacts of extreme climate change.
Earth.com
Bangladeshi woman washing clothes in a flooded house
Climate change is exacerbating child mortality in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh, prompting mothers to have larger families as a response to the fear of losing children to disasters.
Mongabay
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The Resilience Evidence Coalition, a network consisting of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), CDKN and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) has announced the second round of the Knowledge-into-Use awards.
Climate and Development Knowledge Network
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This study aims to understand how climate-related risks and hazards are reshaping traditional avenues of job entry and employment, particularly for young people in Pakistan.
Turkish schoolgirls in uniform walking in a street
One year after the devastating earthquake in Turkey, the region’s economy and society remain shaken. The devastation has exposed deep societal scars, and the task of rebuilding is still immense.
Conversation Media Group, the

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