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.

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An analysis of 3,000+ studies shows flooding raises preterm birth risk by ~3% and increases chances of low birth weight. Both are linked to higher risks of chronic conditions like asthma and diabetes later in life.

AGU Advancing Earth and Space Science
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As sea level rise pushes more water ashore, and as warming temperatures create more rain, Climate Central explores the idea of how schools might adapt to the new climate reality.

Climate Central
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Research briefs

A new study of mortality in Mexico shows that 75% of heat-related deaths are occurring among people under 35―a large percentage of them ages 18 to 35, or the very group that one might expect to be most resistant to heat.

Columbia Climate School
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Rising sea levels driven by climate change put millions in the U.S., including many children, at risk of major coastal floods. The growing threat underscores the need for climate resilience to protect vulnerable populations and reduce long-term impacts.

Climate Central
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Documents and publications

This study describes how stressors of balancing childcare, work, and concerns about children’s exposure to smoke during wildfire season impact the wellbeing and workplace absenteeism and presenteeism for farmworker parents.

BMC Public Health
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Documents and publications

This study found increased risks of infant mortality associated with flood exposure across multiple periods, with the risks remaining elevated for up to four years after the flood event.

Nature Communications
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UNICEF calls for urgent measures as children and young people not included substantively in national climate plans.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Documents and publications

This report examines three megatrends that will impact children's lives up to 2050: demographic shifts, the climate and environmental crises, and frontier technologies. It recommends three leverage point across the megatrends to improve outcomes.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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