Schools across South Sudan have been ordered to close as a heat wave of 45°C sweeps across the country. In recent years, severe flooding has already caused major disruptions to schooling in South Sudan where,...Read more
|Comment|author: The Conversation Global Perspectives
Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves have taken on 32 European governments, alleging in court that their failure to act fast enough on climate change is a violation of...Read more
On Aug. 14, a court in Montana, Canada, delivered what is being hailed as a game-changing ruling in a much anticipated youth-led climate change case, Held v. State of Montana.Read more
A group of researchers and advocates are urging California to upgrade its education infrastructure to help residents and students adapt to the climate crisis. Read more
Every government in the world must do all it can to prepare children for life in a climate-changed world by giving them the skills to survive and thrive, says the head of children’s charity UNICEF.Read more
Leaders at COP27 have taken a ‘small but critical step in securing justice for children most affected by the climate crisis’, by formally recognising children as agents of change and setting up a fund for...Read more
Climate change is forcing nearly half of young Africans to rethink their plans to have children someday, a global poll conducted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed, underlining their uncertainty about the future of a...Read more
‘No significant progress’ has been made in the standards of children’s lives and rights across the world over the last decade – that’s the damning verdict of international children’s rights organisation KidsRights.Read more
Climate change affects all Europeans but vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, children, low-income groups and people with health problems or disabilities, are the most affected.Read more
Six in 10 people will be living in cities by 2030. This is concerning. Cities are responsible for over 70 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities can also do a lot to...Read more
Teenagers and academics in the English city of Birmingham have put their creative minds together to come up with an innovative new board game to help raise awareness of key issues surrounding climate change.
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A new pan-European project is examining how innovative nature-based solutions in schools can help to to tackle climate change and its effect on children.Read more
Children in the Scottish city of Aberdeen have accepted, – and are thriving under – the responsibility of influencing local leaders’ plans for tackling climate change.Read more
Sensors are being installed in schools across Milan as experts seek to learn more about the effects of air pollution on the health of the city’s children.Read more
Watch out for a big grey bubble at COP26 in Glasgow in the coming days. The grey inflatable, which represents air pollution, has been touring cities in Brazil to raise awareness of the importance of reducing emissions...Read more
COP26 is a chance to listen to our young people on climate change, but given recent trends, it may just mean empty words, according to one father and daughter.Read more
|Comment|author: Pursuit at University of Melbourne