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Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)
There is no scientific ambiguity to the fact that the world’s climate is warming and that this warming over the past 50 years is attributable in part to man’s activities. There is a wide consensus that this warming will lead to changing rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, increased spread of tropical disease, loss of biodiversity and increased frequency and amplitude of weather related natural disasters. Children are particularly at risk in a disaster and vulnerable to the incremental impacts of climate change. It is essential that their immediate and longer-term survival, protection and developmental needs are considered in any activities to prepare for or mitigate a potential disaster, or adapt to the negative impacts of longer-term climatic trends. Communities and local authorities need to listen to children to find out what risks they might face and how they might respond to them.
CCA programs are activities which aim to make adjustments in natural and human systems in response to actual or expected climate change and their effects. For Save the Children, adaptation is principally about practical measures in programming, policy and advocacy which reduce vulnerabilities or increase resilience of children and their communities from the negative effects of climate change. Disaster Risk Reduction and CCA are not mutually exclusive but in fact interdependent; a CCA project may be just as vulnerable to natural hazards as any other project and therefore needs a DRR component to protect the CCA investment. To address the risks and uncertainty predicted by climate change, both DRR and CCA analysis and programming must attempt to take account of the unpredictability of what may happen in the future as the planet continues to get warmer.
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Perilous Passages- Migration, Mobility and Child Protection Issues in Malda, West Bengal
Research centred on intervention for the category of children at risk of becoming the victims of trafficking in Malda, West Bengal, and the factors that expose a child to the high risk of trafficking in human beings. Building the capacities of local organ
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Newborn and child survival. Policy Brief
An estimated 8.8 million children die before the age of five each year – that’s almost one child every three seconds.Nearly all – 97% – of these children die in low- or middle-income countries, and disproportionately from the poorest and most marginalised
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What will it take to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
Due to the combination of high food prices, climate change and the impact of the international financial and economic crises, disparities in Millennium Development Goal (MDG) achievement can be seen within and between countries. This report identifies a c
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Three Months On: Save the Children's Flood Relief and Recovery for Children in Pakistan
Pakistan’s monsoon rains began in July 2010, just as they have in years past. But this year, the torrential waters soon spilt over riverbeds, swept away villages and farms and cut a swath of destruction through an area the size of England. The waters engu
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Derecho a un futuro: Las negociaciones sobre el cambio climático deben tener en cuenta a los niños
Climate change is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century- and children from developing countries will be the most overwhelmingly affected. Climate change poses severe threats to child survival and wellbeing, food security and nutrition, a
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Child Rights and Climate Change Adaptation: Voices from Kenya and Cambodia
In 2009, research with children, adults, and policymakers took place in drought and flood prone regions of Kenya and Cambodia to see how children saw their rights being linked to changing climatic conditions. This report presents evidence of children’s ca
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Right to a future: Climate change negotiations must be accountable to children
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century – and overwhelmingly children will be most affected. It poses severe threats to child survival and wellbeing, food security and nutrition, as well as children’s access to education and p
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Towards a characterisation of adaptive capacity: a framework for analysing adaptive capacity at the local level. Background Note
This background note puts forward a 'Local Adaptive Capacity framework' (LAC) developed as part of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) programme, drawing on extensive consultations with academics, policy-makers and practitioners. It is a
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Climate change and urban children. Impacts and implications for adaptation in low- and middle-income countries
This paper examines the possible impacts for children of different ages from the increasing risk of climate change, focusing on preparedness and responses to extreme events, as well as constraints that climate change is likely to bring to urban centres in
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In the face of disaster. Children and climate change
"In the Face of Disaster" explores the potential impact of climate change and natural disasters on children — in particular on their health, nutrition, protection and education. It looks at disaster risk reduction, and the importance of involving children
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Legacy of disasters:The impact of climate change on children
The evidence is clear: global warming is a fact, and it will have a dramatic impact on humankind. The likely effects of this warming – increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters, temperature extremes, a global rise in the sea levels – will be unev
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El impacto del cambio climático en la infancia. ¿Un futuro de catástrofes?
The evidence is clear: global warming is a fact, and it will have a dramatic impact on humankind. The likely effects of this warming – increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters, temperature extremes, a global rise in the sea levels – will be unev