about Children in Changing Climate
Never has it been so urgent for children to have the chance to influence international policy making. Climate change poses immense challenges to children's futures and there is just a small window of opportunity for the international community to act. Children in a Changing Climate is a global collaborative action-research, advocacy and learning programme that aims to secure children's influence in preventing and adapting to climate change at every level - from their families and communities to the United Nations climate change negotiations. The programme brings together leading research and development organisations, each with a commitment to share knowledge, co-ordinate their actions and to work with children as protagonists rather than just as victims. |
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CCC's guiding principles
Urgent attention, support and action is needed to address the issues faced by children worldwide as a result of increasing climate shocks and stresses.
Children are effective leaders of change. Opportunities for their learning, action and influence on climate change policy should be maximised.
Children in a Changing Climate is a multi-agency collaborative effort. All partners are committed to working together to avoid duplication and redundancy, and to present a coherent voice and strategy in a critical period for securing children's futures.
How it all began
Children in a Changing Climate has its foundations in collaborative action-research with children in the Philippines and El Salvador, where the participation and voice of children in policy making on disasters and climate change was investigated and supported. This initial research led to the conception of a more extensive research programme on children and climate change. Quickly recognising the importance and urgency of collaborative working to fill gaps in institutional knowledge, the research dimension gave birth to three other areas: action, policy and learning.
How CCC is organised
Children in a Changing Climate is managed by an advisory board and is being developed with guidance from a children's advisory group. Each area is coordinated by one or two partner organisations.
Each of the four areas - learning, policy, action and research - are mutually supporting, and comprise a body of work and selection of projects that seek to understand and support children's engagement.
ccc-action creates opportunities for children to take action on climate change, whether through organised initiatives or enabling autonomous action.
ccc-learning will increase children's understanding and knowledge about climate change science, focusing on adaptation through collating and developing resources, and innovative global learning initiatives.
ccc-research is leading a programme of innovative action-research that provides the evidence base to enable practitioners, policy-makers and children themselves to take action to adapt in a changing climate.
ccc-policy is facilitating children's advocacy campaigns at local, national and international levels, ensuring they are informed on the issues, understand the policy spaces, and have the requisite resources and ensuring more child-friendly policy spaces.
