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Resource Name	Description	Category	Year	Link	hf:doc_categories	hf:doc_tags
Falling Short: Addressing the Climate Finance Gap for Children	On 22nd June 2023, members of the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition released a new …	Climate Finance	2023, CERI, Plan International, Save the Children, UNICEF	VIEW	climate-finance	2023 ceri plan-international save-the-children unicef
Plan International and Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre			2021	VIEW		2021
Tools for young climate activists				VIEW
Green Words: 15 ideas for taking care of the world				VIEW
Children’s Climate Cards			2021	VIEW		2021
Sendai Framework for DRR	This is the child-friendly version of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This booklet …			VIEW
Education Book on Climate Change				VIEW
Child-Centred DRR	All too often, years of hard-earned progress achieved by communities, governments, and development partners are …			VIEW
Words Into Actions	This ‘Words into Action’ event was a response to stakeholders desire to engage & support …			VIEW
Sendai Framework Implementation Guidelines 2017	The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework), adopted by Member States at …			VIEW
No Place to Call Home	Around the world, record numbers of children are on the move – 1 in 45 …			VIEW
Towards the resilient future children want	It is necessary to ensure that children are being heard. What are their priorities for …			VIEW
A View from 2016	It is now well established that children are disproportionately affected by shocks and stresses related …			VIEW
Unless We Act Now: The Impact of Climate Change on Children	Today’s children, and their children, are the ones who will live with the consequences of …			VIEW
Children and the Changing Climate	This collection of case studies offers a snapshot of recent or ongoing initiatives to protect …			VIEW
WHS Children in crisis	With the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, the global community has made an unprecedented …			VIEW
A matter of life and death	The majority of those affected by humanitarian emergencies are children. In times of crisis, children …			VIEW
Sendai Framework for DRR – Implementation of Guidelines	This is the child-friendly version of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This booklet …			VIEW
Sendai Framework for DRR – Facilitators Notes	This is the child-friendly version of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This booklet …			VIEW
Advancing School Safety in Asia	Of the estimated 1.2 billion students enrolled in primary and secondary schools worldwide, 875 million …			VIEW
Resilient Practices	The ultimate aim of Resilient Practices programming has been—and will continue to be—overriding multiple risk …			VIEW
Urban Disaster Risk Reduction Framework	The Urban Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Framework offers a systematic and pragmatic approach to assessing …			VIEW
Realising childrens rights in a changing climate	Children are much more than passive victims of climate change – they are powerful agents …			VIEW
Weathering the storm	This report emphasises that we will not achieve any form of climate justice unless we …			VIEW
Participation and Protection	Children are not only interested in being part of decisions that affect their future, it …			VIEW
Understanding the impact of food prices on children	This paper maps out the possible impacts of the current food price rises on children, …			VIEW
Characteristics of a disaster-resilient community	This guidance note is for government and civil society organisations working on disaster risk reduction …			VIEW
The benefits of a child-centred approach to climate change adaptation	Climate change, and its impacts on natural and human resources, threatens to undermine human development …			VIEW
Children Communicating Climate and Disaster Risks	There is growing evidence of the ability of children to act as protagonists for action …			VIEW
Youth Gender and Climate Change	A framing paper at the UNICEF-GPIA 5th Annual International Conference, Adolescent Girls-Cornerstone of Society: Building …			VIEW
Child Rights and Intergenerational Justice	The response to climate change will profoundly affect the quality of life of future generations …			VIEW
Rights, Needs and Capacities of Children in a Changing Climate	Children have contributed the least to climate change but are already disproportionately affected by its …			VIEW
Childrens Voices from Kenya and Cambodia	The report presents research that took place in 2009 with children, adults, and policymakers in …			VIEW
Mainstreaming Child Rights in National Climate Adaptation Policy Spaces	A child rights approach to adaptation planning could increase the resilience of children and their …			VIEW
Children on the frontline	Children must be engaged as a vital part of the civil society mechanism that monitors …			VIEW
Voices of ethnic minority children	Participatory video (PV) is an innovative methodology which amplifies the voices of traditionally excluded groups …			VIEW
Childrens right to be heard in Global Climate Change Negotiations	In many countries, children at risk are already taking action to tackle the challenges amounting …			VIEW
Children and the Tsunami	This study is both an important work and counter-intuitive. When a major natural disaster of …			VIEW
Our climate, our children, our responsibility	This report draws attention to the impacts of climate change upon children. It strongly argues …			VIEW
Children as agents of change for DRR	This paper challenges these assumptions by examining how children’s voices are represented and heard in …			VIEW
Role of children in adapting to climate change	Children’s voices on disaster risk reduction (DRR) have been sidelined by disaster management and relief …			VIEW
Understanding Impact and Enabling Agency	The frequency and intensity of weather related disasters such as floods, droughts, and cyclones appear …			VIEW
Success, challenges and policy implications Cambodia	Cambodia is vulnerable to the effects of climate change including rising sea levels, greater uncertainty …			VIEW
Roles of Gender and Culture in Indonesia	This research examined the benefits and feasibility of child-centred DRR in Indonesia, with a focus …			VIEW
DRR through schools	ActionAid’s five-year Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools project (2006-11) is operational in seven countries – …			VIEW
Climate Extreme	Climate change is here and it is already having an impact on people around the …			VIEW
Climate change and children human security challenge	This paper was developed in the context of a major initiative by the Government of …			VIEW
Childrens Charted	The Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has been developed through consultations with more …			VIEW
Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction – Toolkit	This publication provides an overview of Plan’s child-centred disaster risk reduction work. It presents the …			VIEW
Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction – Publication	This publication provides an overview of Plan’s child-centred disaster risk reduction work. It presents the …			VIEW
Child Voices	In 2008 Children in a Changing Climate’s research programme worked with ActionAid Nepal, and its …			VIEW
Right to participate	The impacts of climate change are already being felt – most acutely by millions of …			VIEW
Children, Climate Change and Disasters	Research and advocacy on children has been relatively marginalised in debates around climate change and …			VIEW
Realising a Sustainable World for our Children	The impact of climate change lays a heavy burden on the shoulders of today’s children; …			VIEW
Children and Disaster Risk Reduction	This report reviews child-focused and child-led disaster risk reduction approaches and techniques. It documents a …			VIEW
After the Cameras Have Gone	As the tsunami relief effort moves from rescue to rebuilding and the global community is …			VIEW
Rio+20 Submission	Submission by Save the Children, Plan International and World Vision (for the Children in a …			VIEW
Living with Disasters	Living with disasters and changing climate is about children, disaster risk reduction, and climate change. …			VIEW
Hungry for Change	Child hunger and malnutrition are persistent problems worldwide: one child in three in developing countries …			VIEW
Feeling the Heat	Climate change presents many risks and threats to children from especially poor families. This report …			VIEW
Legacy of Disasters	The evidence is clear: global warming is a fact, and it will have a dramatic …			VIEW
The Alert Rabbit – Part 2	The Alert Rabbit’ tale – composed by a group of primary school students from Baan …			VIEW
The Alert Rabbit – Part 1	The Alert Rabbit’ tale – composed by a group of primary school students from Baan …			VIEW
Watermarks	As disaster is a regular event and part of life and livelihood in Bangladesh, more …			VIEW
Youth leadership in climate policy workbook and facilitators guide		Child & Youth Advocacy, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Gender, Social Inclusion	2021	VIEW	child-youth-advocacy climate-change-adaptation climate-change-mitigation gender social-inclusion	2021
Y-Adapt – Youth engagement curriculum inspiring youth-led action on CCA		Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement		VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation climate-change-adaptation enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement
We need to do better: Report on child protection in climate related disasters		Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Child Protection, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Social Inclusion	2020	VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation child-protection climate-change-adaptation disaster-risk-reduction social-inclusion	2020
We need to do better: Policy brief for enhancing laws and regulations to protect children in disasters		Child Centered Adaptation, Child Protection, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Social Inclusion	2020	VIEW	child-centered-adaptation child-protection climate-change-adaptation disaster-risk-reduction social-inclusion	2020
Unless We Act Now – Climate Impacts on Children 2015		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction		VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-protection climate-change-mitigation disaster-risk-reduction
The COVID-19, Climate Change & Environmental Degradation Crises		Fragility & Climate Change		VIEW	fragility-climate-change
The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement		VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-protection climate-change-mitigation disaster-risk-reduction enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement
Talk Less and Act More		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Protection	2020	VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-protection	2020
Tackling a double-threat: Children at the front and centre of urban fragility and climate change		Migration		VIEW	migration
Strengthening Resilience Through Risk Informed Decentralization and Local Governance		COVID-19 & Climate Change, Gender		VIEW	covid-19-climate-change gender
Reimagining climate education and youth leadership		Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender, Social Inclusion	2021	VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy climate-change-adaptation disaster-risk-reduction gender social-inclusion	2021
Read Futures At Risk: Protecting the rights of children on the move in a changing climate		Climate Finance		VIEW	climate-finance
Promising Practices for a Smiling Earth		Child Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction	2021	VIEW	child-protection disaster-risk-reduction	2021
Programme Guidance: Strengthening Shock Responsive Social Protection Systems		Child Centered Adaptation, Gender		VIEW	child-centered-adaptation gender
Pathways to resilience		Child Centered Adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement, Gender, Social Inclusion		VIEW	child-centered-adaptation climate-change-adaptation disaster-risk-reduction enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement gender social-inclusion
Multi-risk assessment for children in disasters		Child Centered Adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement, Gender, Social Inclusion		VIEW	child-centered-adaptation climate-change-adaptation disaster-risk-reduction enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement gender social-inclusion
Making Climate & Environmental Policies for & with Children & Young People		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Protection, COVID-19 & Climate Change		VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-protection covid-19-climate-change
Investing in Sustainable Outcomes for Children		Climate Change Mitigation, Gender	2022	VIEW	climate-change-mitigation gender	2022
Guardians of the Planet		Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction	2020	VIEW	child-protection climate-change-mitigation disaster-risk-reduction	2020
Girls Right in climate strategies: Policy brief		Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Climate Change Adaptation, Social Inclusion		VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy climate-change-adaptation social-inclusion
Girls education in climate strategies				VIEW
Gender responsive disaster risk management		Gender, Social Inclusion		VIEW	gender social-inclusion
Ending Violence against children while addressing the global climate crisis		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation	2020	VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation child-protection climate-change-mitigation	2020
Enabling the right to Participate		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Protection, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement	2021	VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-protection enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement	2021
Climate change, young women and girls – research in Thailand		Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Child Protection, Climate Change Adaptation	2018	VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation child-protection climate-change-adaptation	2018
Climate change adaptation, perspectives on civil society – Cambodia		Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement, Gender		VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation climate-change-adaptation enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement gender
Climate Change , Hunger and Children’s Futures		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation	2021	VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-protection climate-change-mitigation	2021
Children uprooted in a changing climate		Climate Finance		VIEW	climate-finance
Build Forward Better		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement, Fragility & Climate Change, Social Inclusion		VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation child-protection climate-change-mitigation disaster-risk-reduction enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement fragility-climate-change social-inclusion
Born into the Climate Crisis	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore …	Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Enabling Environments / Stakeholder Engagement, Fragility & Climate Change, Social Inclusion		VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation child-protection climate-change-mitigation disaster-risk-reduction enabling-environments-stakeholder-engagement fragility-climate-change social-inclusion
Are climate change policies child-sensitive?		Child Protection, Climate Change Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction		VIEW	child-protection climate-change-mitigation disaster-risk-reduction
Adolescent Girls in the Climate Crisis, Voices from Zambia and Zimbabwe		Child & Youth Action, Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Centered Adaptation, Child Protection, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, COVID-19 & Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender, Social Inclusion	2021	VIEW	child-youth-action child-youth-advocacy child-centered-adaptation child-protection climate-change-adaptation climate-change-mitigation covid-19-climate-change disaster-risk-reduction gender social-inclusion	2021
A COP fit for children: How to support children’s participation		Child & Youth Advocacy, Child Protection, COVID-19 & Climate Change	2022	VIEW	child-youth-advocacy child-protection covid-19-climate-change	2022

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