Tagged: climate change

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

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

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

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 →←

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

Children's rights

By Mungunkhishig Batbaatar

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

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“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 →←
Children leap into a lagoon in Tarawa, the capital.

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

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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 →←

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