Welcome to The Climate Hub, a space where you will find valuable resources for young people to take climate action!
In The Climate Hub you will find tools and knowledge necessary to advocate against the climate crisis and make a meaningful impact in your community and the world.
Whether you want to better understand the climate crisis and its impact on children's rights, you are passionate about climate education, or eager to contribute to climate advocacy efforts, you'll find information to inspire and support your efforts. And, as you know, information is power!
Together, we can take climate action and work towards a more sustainable and resilient future. Dive into our resources and join the efforts today!
Let's get started!
Resources to learn
Resources to learn
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To change something, first we need to understand it. Take some time to go through these resources to learn more about the climate crisis with these resources.
- The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis: a report introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index.
- Bring In the Girls!: girls and young women worldwide share their views on climate change.
- COP 28 U-Report Poll Results: young people shared their thoughts on the climate crisis in a U-Report poll. Check out the results!
- Protect, prepare, prioritize: a call to action on climate and children.
- The Changing Childhood Project: a multigenerational and international survey on 21st century childhood, which also covers climate action, done by UNICEF and Gallup.
- Children and climate change: a course that introduces the theme of children and climate change, aiming to provide a children's perspective to the discussions on how to deal with this global crisis.
- Youth demands for quality climate change education: a document compiling the findings by young people on the importance of quality climate change education.
- Youth Stocktake of UNFCCC Processes 2023: a report featuring young people's reflections on climate action relation processes.
- Loss and Damage Finance for Children: a document compiling recommendations and best practices for supporting climate-affected communities, including children and their families on the front lines of the climate crisis.
- Climate concern to climate action: the role of young social entrepreneurs: this report reveals the strong concerns of young social entrepreneurs regarding climate change, and provides key insights on how climate change is impacting their organizations.
- Child Alert: Children uprooted in the Caribbean: this child alert note takes stock of the link between a changing climate, extreme weather events and forced displacement of children and families in the Caribbean SIDS.
- Try harder! How Young Advocates Advise: a compilation of young people's opinions and proposals to address climate and environmental problems in the Latin American and the Caribbean region.
- The Global Learning4ClimateAction: sign up on the Learning Passport platform to access resources that will help you spread knowledge about climate in your school.
Resources to advocate
Resources to advocate
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Advocating means speaking up and taking action to demand change. If you are a youth advocate or you want to start advocating for the climate and children's rights, here are some resources you might find useful.
- Adolescents and Youth for Climate Action: a brief strategy to engage young people created by UNICEF Jordan.
- A Liveable Planet for Every Child: UNICEF’s strategy for Climate, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction.
- Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action: A pledge by champion governments to uphold priorities identified by children and youth across the world.
- Regional Strategy on Action for Climate Empowerment of Children, Adolescents and Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean (2023-2025): this is the first regional strategy on climate action and youth engagement.
- The COP 29 UNICEF policy brief: read this guide to understand UNICEF’s key priorities for protecting children during climate discussions at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29).
Resources to take action
Resources to take action
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3, 2, 1... Action!
The time to act against the climate crisis is now. Here are a few resources to help you start.
- Engaging youth in climate action!: a short guide about climate change and climate actions people can take.
- Young Climate Activists Toolkit: the Young Climate Activists Toolkit created by UNICEF's Middle East and Northern Africa office aims to equip young people with the knowledge, tools, and resources that enables their participation in regional and global youth climate action and advocate for change.
- Toolkit for Young Climate Activists: these series of toolkits covering different climate issues were created by young people who are concerned about our planet's situation and who, as activists, have faced many challenges when advocating and taking action.
- Loss and damage guide: a youth-friendly guide on loss and damage and how it affects children's rights.
- Green words: a compilation of 15 ideas for taking care of the world.
- Green clubs: a guide on how to start a green club created by several organizations including UNICEF.
- U-Report Climate Actbot: Now, you too have the chance to take real action for the planet. It's available on Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Viber and Telegram.
In their own words
In their own words
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Young people are leading the fight against climate change. Read their testimonies to learn, reflect and get inspired to take action.
- We can all take actions to transform our environments, by Francisco
- I had to act if things were to change, by Emmanuel
- The sea levels are rising, but so are we, by Aishka
- Blogs on the climate crisis and mental health
- Young people reflect on water access in their countries
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
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If you already feel inspired to act, this is your opportunity to start! Help us reach more young people with resources to inspire, encourage and support them to take action against climate change.
- You can send this link voicesofyouth.org/the-climate-hub to your friends, classmates, relatives, co-workers, fellow activists, and others!
- You can share on social media so more people find out about The Climate Hub.
- When you are talking about events related to climate change (for example, if there is a heatwave or a flood where you live), you can mention the need to take action and the existence of these resources.
- If you are working on a school or university assignment related to climate change, you can resort to these sources to inform your work.
Explore U-Report's Climate Actbot!
Go to U-Report on Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp and send the word "CLIMATE" in a message to get started.
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