California: How can we shield children from the impacts of climate change? Investments in schools can help
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
The fight of our lives for their futures: climate action needed now, for every child
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
Save the Children: COP27 loss fund a ‘small but critical step’ for kids’ futures
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
COP27: Young people reconsidering future plans because of climate change
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
KidsRights Index 2022: ‘One billion children at risk due to climate change’
‘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
Many European schools and hospitals at risk from heat waves and floods: How to protect vulnerable groups from climate change?
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
African cities can do more to protect children from climate change
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
Let’s play…how a new board game devised by teenagers is tackling climate change
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. The Climate...Read more
COOLSCHOOLS European project focuses on climate change solutions
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
Aberdeen’s children and young people drive council’s plans for tackling climate change
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
Partnership scheme to monitor air quality in Milan schools
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
Free To Play Outside campaign makes air pollution in cities visible with big grey bubble
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
The betrayal of our young
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
Young people: what is MY government doing to combat climate change?
A global children’s charity says the vast majority of young people it surveyed about climate change ‘know very little’ about what their own government is doing to combat the issue. Read more