Climate changes increases heat and the frequency of fires, floods, storms, pollution, diseases, … It also make farming and growing food unpredictable. Most important, water can become scarce. Children growing up with those challenges could be part of the solution or the problem.
A report by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2015, proposed a climate agenda for children that would focus on:
- Children’s needs for wellbeing,
- Provision of strong education for children that would strengthen their resilience and problem solving capabilities,
- Embedding environmental education and sustainability in the curriculum, and
- Protection of children who are impacted by climate change.
References:
The Climate Reality Project. (2019, January 12). How is climate change affecting Australia? Retrieved from https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-climate-change-affecting-australia
United Nations Children’s Fund. Division of Data, Research and Policy. (2015, November). Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Unless_we_act_now_The_impact_of_climate_change_on_children.pdf
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