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Displaying 15 of about 67 resultsThis report provides yet more evidence that children are on the front lines of the climate crisis. It is a follow-up to the 2021 report, The climate crisis is a child rights crisis: Introducing the children’s climate risk index, which provided a picture of children’s exposure to and vulnerability to climate shocks and stresses, showing how climate…
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Children and young people represent one of the most vulnerable demographics in disasters and are particularly affected by psychological impacts.
The flood events across Australia in 2022 have had a significant impact on children and young people, especially in education and mental health. In t…
Research to be presented at the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition found that race and education levels are linked to how prepared the families are for wildfires.
A pilot epidemiological study aiming to characterize disparities in pediatric household preparedness for wildfire disasters and identify education strate…
On 27 May 2022, U-INSPIRE Indonesia presented its “Action-based stories from Indonesian youth and young professionals in building resilience” at the Ignite Stage during GP2022.
U-INSPIRE Indonesia is a platform to empower youth, young scientists and young professionals in fields of science, engineering, technology and innovation to support disaster ris…
Visit the Mallika Primary School, located in Jorayal Rural Municipality in Doti District in far-western Nepal, on any given day and you’ll find the school grounds to be a hive of activity, with children out and about, playing football or volleyball or a simple game of catch.
This, however, would not have been the case just two years ago, when teachers…
This paper attempts to establish an evidence base for the effectiveness of child-centred adaptation actions. The assessment prioritised the four most effective adaptation actions and analysed their efficacy in terms of cost effectiveness, scalability, sustainability, contextual relevance, innovativeness and gender-differentiated impact.
The following r…
When you live in the driest State in the driest country in the world, bushfires are an unfortunate, and all-too-regular part of life. Learning how to survive such emergencies is important for all people, but especially for our youngest citizens
Now, a new virtual reality (VR) experience developed by the University of South Australia is educating childr…
The number of people living in internal displacement around the world reached a record 59.1 million at the end of 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier.
The unprecedented figure is the result of new waves of violence and protracted conflict in countries ranging from Ethiopia and Afghanistan to Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), acc…
Twelve-year-old Alamin's house rested on the bank of the Ilsha river in southern Bangladesh until last year, when the surging river eroded it and the family's farmland away, forcing them to flee to a slum in Keraniganj, close to the capital Dhaka.
Now Alamin - whose father died of cancer a couple years back - works on a shipbreaking crew and his mother…
There is extensive evidence on issues of child poverty, climate risk and conflict. However, research often treats these issues separately, while in reality many children do not only face one issue or another in isolation. The analysis featured in this report shows the overlapping risks of poverty, climate and conflict for children on a global scale. It…
There is no universally defined age group for the term youth. Many countries draw the line at the age at which a person gets equal treatment under the law. The United Nations defines youth as persons between the age of roughly 15-24. This definition and nuances of the term youth vary from country to country, depending on the economical and cultural fact…
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It is difficult for small children to judge for themselves the level of danger in an emergency and the need for evacuation.
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However, Kyoko Tsukigase, an associate professor at Kokushikan University who specializes in emergency response, said, “If children repeatedly experience evacuation drills from around the age of 3, they will be able…
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Building on the three previous World Tsunami Museum Conferences, the Fourth World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC4) will be held at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Sendai City, Japan with a focus on “Roles of Youth and Tsunami Museums for resili…
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This course presents how children and youth can be impacted by climate change, how their resilience can be strengthened, and how they can act to address this challenge. It consists of a module divided into five sections and takes around 2 hours to complete.
A short quiz at the end allows you to test your knowledge. Once completed with…
Practical Action’s flood resilience work in Bolivia is grounded in the use of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance’s Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC). The FRMC is a framework and tool that helps communities understand their existing level of flood resilience and identify appropriate action for enhancing it.
The FRMC approach utilizes…