A new program plans to tap the world’s youth for help in preventing and adapting to the impacts of a changing climate. Children in a Changing Climate launched last week with the aim of giving kids a voice in the future of the world they’ll inherit.
The program, a joint venture of Plan International, National Children's Bureau, Institute for Development Studies, Save the Children, and ActionAid, will work in four areas to better understand and support climate change engagement among children. Those areas include providing opportunities for children to act; learning initiatives teaching kids about climate change science; research helping practitioners incorporate youth in planning; and advocacy for including child voices in policy making.
For more information on the ambitious new program, visit Children in a Changing Climate.
Jolie Breeden is the lead editor and science communicator for Natural Hazards Center publications. She writes and edits for Research Counts; the Quick Response, Mitigation Matters, Public Health, and Weather Ready Research Award report series; as well as for special projects and publications. Breeden graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.