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US judge throws out youth-led climate lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by 18 young people who claim the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discriminates against children by issuing permits for fossil fuel projects that release too many climate-warming pollutants. District Judge...Read more![7A6A9863](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UNI571264-128x128.jpg)
UNICEF: ‘Nowhere safe to go’ for Rafa’s 600,000 children
A military invasion by Israel into Rafah would pose ‘catastrophic risks’ to the 600,000 children currently taking shelter there, says the UN children’s charity UNICEF. Read more![Young voters](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Young-voters-128x128.jpg)
A generation adrift: Why young people are less happy and what we can do about it
We live in a world where teenagers grapple with a sense of crisis before adulthood; a time when young people, historically beacons of optimism, report lower happiness than their elders.Read more![unicefusaheartstrings2](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/unicefusaheartstrings2-128x128.png)
Multimedia presentation highlights the global work of UNICEF
UNICEF USA has teamed up with a leading multimedia provider to devise an interactive experience that educates people about the charity’s global work.Read more![EMBARGOED until 13 March at 00:01 GMT](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/UNI532956-128x128.jpg)
Fewer under-5s dying worldwide – but ‘a long road’ until the end of preventable early deaths
The number of children worldwide dying before their fifth birthday has reached ‘a historic low’, says the United Nations (UN). More children than ever before are surviving early childhood today, with the global under-5 mortality rate...Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RomachildrenCoE-128x128.png)
Council of Europe takes stock of work protecting children’s rights since 2022
Freedom from violence for all children, equal opportunities and social inclusion, access to technologies and their safe use, child-friendly justice and child participation. Adopted just over two years ago, on 23 February 2022, these the key objectives of the Council of Europe Strategy for the...Read more![Screenshot 2022-03-17 at 07.55.04](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-17-at-07.55.04-128x128.png)
War in Ukraine: children in cities forced to live underground for months
Children in cities in Ukraine’s frontline areas have been forced to spend between 3,000 and 5,000 hours – equivalent to between four and almost 7 months – sheltering in basements and underground metro stations over...Read more![CH1769929_Toys_buried_in_the_rubble_of_destroyed_buildings_after_earthquake_in_Afrin_District,_Aleppo_Governorate,_Northwest_Syria](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CH1769929_Toys_buried_in_the_rubble_of_destroyed_buildings_after_earthquake_in_Afrin_District_Aleppo_Governorate_Northwest_Syria-128x128.jpeg)
A year after the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, childrens’ lives are still being impacted
It is a year since the Türkiye and Syria suffered the catastrophic, most deadliest earthquakes in their recent history, and still the devastating impacts continue to reverberate for children and young people.Read more![Built in 1016](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Houses_of_Parliament_in_2022-128x128.jpg)
UK government inquiry into children’s ‘play freedoms’ will hear new evidence
Experts on play and ‘the built environment’ will provide the next round of evidence to a UK government inquiry that is looking at ways to utilise better design processes to improve children’s lives.Read more![WRITurkiye](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WRITurkiye-128x128.png)
UNICEF demands ‘systematic closure’ of Europe’s large residential child care institutions
Almost half a million children in Europe and central Asia across Europe are living in residential care, including large-scale institutions.Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Edinburgh-playing-out-128x128.jpg)
‘Time for change is now’ – government inquiry into children’s play freedoms hears face-to-face evidence
A UK government inquiry examining how better planning & design can improve children’s health has been told that ‘the time for change is now’. Read more![peaceprize23winners](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/peaceprize23winners-128x128.png)
Who will win the International Children’s Peace Prize 2024?
The new year may have barely begun but its’ already time to think about the nominations for this year’s 20th International Children’s Peace Prize. It is awarded annually to a child or young person who has...Read more![Catalytic](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Catalytic-128x128.png)
Making public spaces better for children: a new blog series
Public spaces are crucial for children’s holistic development and wellbeing. A new blog series showcases how public spaces can be made better for children. Using global examples from Cities4Children members and other initiatives, the aim...Read more![Child in the city logo 2016](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Child-in-the-city-logo-2016-128x128.png)
A new chairman signals new era for CITC
The new year will mark the start of a new era for the Child in the City Foundation, as chairman Johan Haarhuis is retiring after more than 20 years of service.Read more![Savethechildren](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Savethechildren-128x128.png)