UNICEF calls for urgent action to save Pakistan’s children on the frontlines of climate change On Earth Day, Statement by Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, on the damaging impact of climate change and pollution on children
Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden at the conclusion of COP28 The COP28 climate negotiations generated welcome breakthroughs on both the urgent need to address the root causes of climate change – fossil fuels – and some glimmers of hope for breakthroughs of climate justice for children.
Only half of young people able to identify correct definition of climate change – UNICEF, Gallup Findings highlight urgent need to protect and invest in children, including in climate education, in decisions at COP28
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released today by United Nations (UN) agencies ahead of the global Conference of the Parties (COP28) negotiations on climate change in Dubai.
Children in 98 per cent of African countries at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change: UNICEF New report reveals, despite the risks, only 2.4 per cent of global climate funding targets children.
Funds for world’s climate hotspots woefully neglect the needs of children, new report finds Children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis.
New guidelines provide first global policy framework on protecting children on the move in face of climate change The Guiding Principles for Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Change provides a set of 9 principles that address the unique and layered vulnerabilities of children on the move both internally and across borders as a result of the adverse impacts of climate change.
One billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF Children in the Central African Republic, Chad, and Nigeria are among the most at risk of climate change, according to UNICEF’s first child-focused climate risk index.
UNICEF Canada Statement on Australian Bushfires UNICEF Canada's statement on the devastation being wrought on children and families in Australia, due to the ongoing bush fires.
As impact of climate crisis worsens, Caribbean islands see six-fold increase in estimated number of children displaced by storms, new UNICEF report shows The estimated number of children displaced by storms and flooding in the Caribbean islands* saw a six-fold increase in the past five years, a new UNICEF report said today.
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