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How I pivoted my work as a renewable energy researcher to address COVID-19 challenges

Adolescence climate change covid-19 Water and sanitation

By Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao

How I pivoted my work as a renewable energy researcher to address COVID-19 challenges

Aiming to engage and empower young people in the dialogue and co-creation of sustainable Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) solutions in the East Asia Pacific, UNICEF’s regional office hosted the first-ever “WASH Young Changemakers Mentorship Programme” from June – August 2020. Following a competitive process, UNICEF selected… Read more →←

World Children’s Day: My vision for a #ChildUtopia in a tropical context

Adolescence Children's rights

By Angela Piguing

World Children’s Day: My vision for a #ChildUtopia in a tropical context

On World Children’s Day, Angela Piguing, 16 from Manilla, Philippines, shares her vision for a Child Utopia. Not all cities are the same. Mass media and even basic education never fails to let its user be aware of the presence of snow in many countries. However, not all places have that—a geographical placement near the equator… Read more →←

Youth Reflections on Children’s Rights to a Healthy Environment in the ASEAN Region

Adolescence

By Jasmin Irisha Jim Ilham and Aaliyah Hasna

Youth Reflections on Children’s Rights to a Healthy Environment in the ASEAN Region

Every child has the right to climate and environmental justice. Children and young people deserve the right to a healthy environment without the environmental threats of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. The East Asia and Pacific region is among the most impacted by climate change and environmental degradation in the… Read more →←

Wisdom from youth – rising agents of change

Adolescence

By Siri Luther

Wisdom from youth – rising agents of change

Without a doubt we are seeing a new wave of youth activism around the world. While it was previously limited to school grounds at best, young people are now finding new platforms to speak out about some of society’s most pressing and urgent issues. Twelve-year-old Ralyn Saitdtanasarn, or Lilly for short, is one such activist… Read more →←

21st Century Ger: Innovation experts set to reinvent traditional Mongolian homes

Children's rights

By Mungunkhishig Batbaatar

21st Century Ger: Innovation experts set to reinvent traditional Mongolian homes

Ulaanbaatar – home to half of Mongolia’s three million population – has the most toxic air in the world during winter. The biggest source of air pollution comes from coal-burning stoves in the “ger district which makes up 60 percent of Ulaanbaatar’s population. “Ger” districts consist of self-built detached houses and… Read more →←

The Last Islanders: rising sea levels in Papua New Guinea

Education Water and sanitation

By Simon Nazer

The Last Islanders: rising sea levels in Papua New Guinea

“We can see it with our own eyes, I’m afraid,” said Maria, 13. “The sea is eating the ground.” Maria lives on a remote atoll known as the Carteret Islands in Papua New Guinea and for over twenty years the islanders have been fighting a battle against the rising sea levels. The islanders have been building seawalls and planting… Read more →←

Slow moving disasters: climate change & El Niño

Emergencies

By , Jessika Bohr

Slow moving disasters: climate change & El Niño

The momentum generated in the last days, weeks and months around the importance of tackling climate change should now be put to use to serve the most vulnerable children – those who bear the brunt of climate change today. This is very evident in the East Asia and Pacific region, the world’s most disaster prone region. Many of the… Read more →←

A call for action on climate change in East Asia & Pacific

Emergencies

By Simon Nazer

A call for action on climate change in East Asia & Pacific

The impacts of climate change are already being felt far and wide in the East Asia and Pacific region. From extreme winters in Mongolia, to floods and droughts in Cambodia, and disappearing islands in the Pacific, children are among those bearing the greatest burden. Malnutrition, a lack of clean water, respiratory problems and… Read more →←
Children leap into a lagoon in Tarawa, the capital.

A message from Samoa: “I’m in beautiful Samoa. It’s terrifying.”

Children leap into a lagoon in Tarawa, the capital.
Child protection

By UNICEF EAPRO

A message from Samoa: “I’m in beautiful Samoa. It’s terrifying.”

A message from Samoa by Karen Allen, UNICEF Pacific Representative I’m in beautiful Samoa. It’s terrifying Greetings from Samoa in the Pacific, the gracious host of a major global conference of small island states. To visit this beautiful nation is wonderful, but also terrifying. We, the big consumers of coal, oil and gas… Read more →←
A Filipino boy

Videos: Impact of climate change on children

A Filipino boy
Emergencies

By UNICEF EAPRO

Videos: Impact of climate change on children

The UN Climate Change Conference – officially the 18th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – is taking place this week in Doha, Qatar. It opened on 26 November and will continue until 7 December 2012. This photo essay aims to illustrate some of the consequences of extreme weather conditions… Read more →←
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