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The WASH Young Changemakers is an initiative of UNICEF's East Asia and Pacific Regional Office to foster innovation by and for young people to solve the region's most pressing problems in Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). ...

ABSTRACT Climate change poses a threat to children, who are increasingly vulnerable, depending on adults to protect them from the impacts of these changes including extreme weather events, poor air and water quality and risk to mental health. Children living in poverty carry additional burdens and...

United Nations Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like...

Nearly all the of world's 2.2 billion children are vulnerable to climate risks, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF released a first-of-its-kind report analyzing youth exposure and vulnerability to climate and environmental risks. It found that almost all of the world’s children are facing at...

The climate crisis is here. 99% of children worldwide have been exposed to more frequent, intense and destructive climate hazards. And 1 billion children are at high risk of catastrophic climate events. If the world fails to act, tomorrow it will be all children. ...

Summary Background Climate change has important implications for the health and futures of children and young people, yet they have little power to limit its harm, making them vulnerable to climate anxiety. This is the first large-scale investigation of climate anxiety in children and young people...

Abstract There is growing evidence on the observed and expected consequences of climate change on population health worldwide. There is limited understanding of its consequences for child health inequalities, between and within countries. To examine these consequences and categorize the state of...