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

Cover and source: Save the Children International
Educational materials
This practical guide highlights essential things to pack in a child-friendly disaster preparedness bag in case the need to immediately evacuate arises.
Research briefs
Each additional day of exposure to wildfire smoke and other extreme forms of dirty air boosts risk of mental illness in youth a little more, according to a new CU Boulder study of 10,000 9 to 11 year olds.
University of Colorado Boulder
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Documents and publications
This paper identifies the need to pair life-stage with disaster risk reduction (DRR) objectives to improve understandings of what counts as ‘inclusion’ and ‘participation’.
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Discover how climate change is widening inequalities among rural poor, women, and youth, and explore actionable solutions to protect the most vulnerable in this FAO report.
weADAPT
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Documents and publications
This report examines the impacts of labour migration on children in the context of climate change.
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A new report shows how migration in the context of climate change is profoundly affecting the lives of children in Southeast Asia.
World Vision International
Children and Youth as Agents of Change
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One way to make teaching about climate adaptation less potentially daunting for teachers is to draw on personal experience, particularly when conveyed through the creative arts.
Conversation Media Group, the
Women walking on a beach carrying baskets on their heads
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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is launching awards for two categories - women and youth - for their commitment in implementing innovative water solutions.
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
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