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‘Because the Earth belongs to all of us’
Embedded video follows In China and elsewhere, children are at high risk of exposure to climate shocks such as droughts, floods and typhoons.
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Children and young people are calling for climate action
Embedded video follows Children and young people from UNICEF's 'China Youth, Climate Action' campaign speak out on climate change and call for action. In China and elsewhere, children are at high risk of exposure to climate shocks such as droughts, floods and typhoons. Watch and listen to the voice of children and young people on climate change.
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Climate action cannot wait
On a scorching summer morning, 15-year-old Xiaopeng takes a deep breath, feeling the pressing, stifling heat. “The temperature has been rising rapidly. It's almost impossible to go outside on summer mornings because it's too hot,” he says. For Xiaopeng, climate change is no longer an abstract issue; it’s a lived r...
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“Young people can take climate action.”
Embedded video follows As world leaders gather at COP29, young voices are calling for climate action! Meet Xiaopeng, a 15-year-old from Hunan, China, who volunteers to protect the environment and inspire others to tackle climate change.
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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell visits China to see progress and challenges for children
BEIJING/NEW YORK, 21 October 2024 , – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell travelled to China this week, including the autonomous region of Ningxia, to see first-hand UNICEF’s work for vulnerable children and to learn more about the impact of climate change on the lives of children. “China has made impressi...
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China Youth, Climate Action
UNICEF, National Center for Climate Change Strategy (NCSC) and Chinese Meteorological Society have launched a new initiative, China Youth, Climate Action, to engage school children in taking actions towards tackling climate change. The campaign, which has been run from July to the end of November, is being organiz...
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UNICEF and All-China Youth Federation launch project to empower young people to develop innovative climate solutions
Beijing, 12 August 2024, – UNICEF China and the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) today announced a new Youth Green Skills Development and Entrepreneurship project to train and empower young people across China in entrepreneurship and social responsibility, in order to enhance youth employability, link young peopl...
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Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden at the conclusion of COP28
NEW YORK, 13 December 2023 – , “The COP28 climate negotiations generated welcome breakthroughs on both the urgent need to address the root causes of climate change – fossil fuels – and some glimmers of hope for climate justice for children. Now to have any hope of turning these words into action, we must see a tra...
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"Toilet revolution" delivers healthier lifestyle, novel ideas to China's western plateau
A primary school student washes his hands after using the toilet at a school in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 2, 2023. A primary school student washes his hands after using the toilet at a school in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 2, 2023. XINING, Dec. 8…
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Building Youth Leadership in Climate Adaptation Action in Asia and Africa
On 15 September, UNICEF and the China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center/China-Africa Environmental Cooperation Center/Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center (FECO), which is under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment co-organized the ‘Youth Leadership Dialogue in Climate Adaptation Action in Asia and Afr...
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UNICEF partners with China to pilot climate-resilient WASH technologies in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH/BEIJING, 29 August –, Delegates from the People's Republic of China, UNICEF Cambodia and UNICEF China today started a three-day field visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia to conduct a feasibility study for piloting climate-resilient water and sanitation (WASH) technologies and solutions in Cambodia. In coll...
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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 28 August 2023 -, For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, issuing comprehensive interpretation of Member States’ obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of th...