Tag: Climate Change

  • Climate Action – Climate Justice, Play and Nature: Preparing Children for a Changing World

    Climate Action – Climate Justice, Play and Nature: Preparing Children for a Changing World

    The fourth instalment of our Series, ‘How Children’s Lives Are Being Affected By Climate Change’, comes at a particularly relevant moment, as Europe is currently experiencing a severe and widespread heatwave[i]. Climate change is already reshaping the world children are growing up in, affecting their health, well-being, learning, and future opportunities. In this publication of…

  • Climate Action: Dalit children struggle to access basic rights in Bangladesh

    Climate Action: Dalit children struggle to access basic rights in Bangladesh

    The third instalment of our Series: ‘How Children’s Lives Are Being Affected By Climate Change‘ comes from the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh. This is a very climate sensitive and vulnerable part of the world.  A lack of fresh water, water-borne diseases and the regular destruction of homes and schools are recurring problems. This is…

  • Climate Action: Talking to children about climate change

    Climate Action: Talking to children about climate change

    As COP28 begins today in Dubai, world leaders are under pressure to take action against climate change. It is likely that this will be in the news in the coming days.  But what is the best way to talk to children about the climate crisis? An important part of ICDI’s work is to advise professionals…

  • The climate crisis is a children’s crisis

    The climate crisis is a children’s crisis

    De klimaatcrisis is een kindercrisis Approximately 1 billion children, nearly half of the world’s children, live in countries facing extreme climate risks. Children, with their unique developmental needs, are particularly susceptible to the consequences of global warming. Factors such as water and food shortages, disease, and physical and psychological trauma resulting from extreme weather events…