Home to a quarter of the global population, South Asia is navigating issues such as poverty, malnutrition, unsustainable food production systems and adverse effects of climate change. Despite these ch...
Evidence and objective assessment are needed more than ever to help enhance the rights and well-being of the world’s children. Researching the changing world around us and evaluating progress are two ...
In addition to recognizing high quality research, the Best of UNICEF Research process aims to share findings with UNICEF colleagues and with the wider community concerned with achieving child rights. ...
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is one of the most impacted to multiple types of overlapping climate and environmental shocks and stresses, 41% of children in the region face 5 or more shocks, ...
Heatwaves pose serious risks to children’s health and well-being. Despite the extensive risks children face from heatwaves and other climate hazards, public awareness, policy responses and financing a...
UNICEF, national stakeholders and international partners are collaborating on the Children’s Climate Risk Index-Disaster Risk Model (CCRI-DRM) subnational risk assessment to improve the understanding ...
The climate crisis is a child rights crisis presents the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI), which uses data to generate new global evidence on how many children are currently exposed to climate and...
UNICEF works on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in 150 countries. Child-responsive DRR prioritizes children and young people in the whole disaster management cycle, ensuring their individual and collect...
The climate crisis is a child rights’ crisis. It is a direct threat to a child’s ability to survive, grow, and thrive. Children and young people are the least responsible for climate change, and yet w...