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Strategies and approaches to empower children and youth and engage them as actors and contributors in DRR and resilience-building policies, programmes and strategies.

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Addressing Southern Africa climate shocks: advocating for child-centred climate resilience and fiscal prioritization thumbnail
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Addressing Southern Africa climate shocks: advocating for child-centred climate resilience and fiscal prioritization

The report addresses the escalating climate crisis in Southern Africa, where the region has swung from severe El Niño-driven drought in 2023-2024 to devastating La Niña floods and cyclones in 2025-2026, affecting nearly 1.9 million people.

ChildFund Alliance
School drill in Vanuatu
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Vanuatu Marks First International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes

On 29 April 2026, Vanuatu marked its first national observance of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes, bringing together partners to strengthen earthquake preparedness and disaster resilience.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
Research briefs
‘I’m mad at the people who could have solved the problem’: what kids told us about eco‑anxiety

Researchers interviewed 15 Australian primary school children aged between nine and 12-years-old about environmental change, which includes things such as pollution, climate change and deforestation.

Conversation Media Group, the
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Heat and pregnancy: guidance for healthcare professionals and community health workers

The World Health Organization has recently published a conceptual framework on hashtag#maternal health, highlighting the importance of mitigating heat-related risks.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Research briefs
Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds

Researchers find ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposures

Guardian, the (UK)
Research briefs
Increasing heat can boost malnutrition among children

A study in Brazil links higher temperatures to worse nutrition measures in vulnerable children.

ScienceNews - Society for Science & the Public 2000
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ADN Junior Champion magazine volume 5: Children and youths’ experiences of disasters in Pakistan

The theme of the fifth issue is listening to the experiences of Pakistani youth who have experienced devastating floods.

Avoidable Deaths Network
Shaken, but not deterred: Acute stressors and the formation of hope and aspirations among tertiary-educated youth in Myanmar in the aftermath of the 2025 earthquake thumbnail
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Shaken, but not deterred: Acute stressors and the formation of hope and aspirations among tertiary-educated youth in Myanmar in the aftermath of the 2025 earthquake

Using data from a sample of educated youth in Myanmar, this paper documents the relationship between various sources of chronic (ongoing and long-term) and acute (brief and intense) stressors with measures of hope and aspirations.

World Bank, the
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