Climate Action for All
Climate Change and Children’s Rights, Climate change is an increasingly significant threat to children's rights and jeopardizes the progress made to improve their lives. Children and those in poorer communities especially are extremely vulnerable due to their physiology and exposure to climate hazards. Children in East Asia and the Pacific face challenges from environmental…, The challenge, Impact: The region faces multiple climate and environmental shocks, affecting 89 per cent of its children with three or more types of shocks. Exposure: Millions of children are highly exposed to water scarcity, coastal flooding, cyclones, and air pollution. More frequent events: The number of extreme weather events has increased significantly over…, The solution, The Climate Action for All initiative aims to protect children and communities from climate impacts by enhancing climate-resilient services across key sectors like water, sanitation, health, nutrition, education, and social protection., Access to Renewable Energy 1. Access to Renewable Energy, Promoting renewable energy use in social services and aiming for low-carbon development., Climate-Smart WASH services 2. Climate-Smart WASH Services, Developing resilient infrastructure for communities, schools, and healthcare facilities, and expanding , Climate-Smart Health Services 3. Climate-Smart Health Services, Monitoring environmental health risks, integrating prevention and treatment strategies into healthcare, and reducing the environmental footprint of healthcare facilities., Climate-Smart Nutrition Services 4. Climate-Smart Nutrition Services, Screening children’s nutritional status in high-risk areas, integrating prevention and treatment strategies, and developing resilient food systems., Climate-Smart Social Protection 6. Climate-Smart Social Protection, Designing cash transfers linked to climate hazards and improving the responsiveness of social protection systems to climate-related events., Climate Information and Early Warning Systems 8. Climate Information and Early Warning Systems, Developing systems to provide communities with timely information on climate hazards and ensuring effective communication for at-risk populations., Youth Engagement on Climate and Environment 9. Youth Engagement on Climate and Environment, Empowering young people to become agents of change in their communities and establishing frameworks for children and young people to claim their environmental rights., Cross-cutting Interventions 10. Cross-cutting Interventions, Integrating children’s needs into climate change policies, finance, and interventions through empowerment and participation of children and adolescents in climate actions., Our Approach, Children in East Asia and the Pacific face numerous climate and environmental challenges. The Climate Action for All initiative by UNICEF offers climate-smart solutions to these issues. This video highlights our efforts to enhance climate-resilient and green/low-carbon services across sectors such as water, sanitation, health, nutrition, education…, Anticipated Benefits, Our programme is expected to bring substantial and Catalog of initiative from UNICEF country offices in the East Asia and the Pacific measurable climate benefits , including a projected reduction of 3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions over 15 years. This will be achieved through initiatives like solarizing WASH facilities, healthcare…, 2030 Vision, Our long-term vision for 2030 involves Financial mobilization plan significant scaling up at national and regional levels, empowering communities to lead the way towards a climate-resilient future for themselves and their children., Commitment to Action, Through Climate Action for All , UNICEF is committed to addressing the climate and environmental crisis by Strategic solution to climate challenges implementing systemic solutions in collaboration with public and private partners, civil society, and children and youth.
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