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The youths volenteers pose for photograph at Chilka wetland at Mangalajodi village at Khurdha district in Odisha

Young champions fight climate change

Fighting climate change in Odisha

A rag picker woman carrying a heaps of segregated waste on her head at Waste management centre at Samarth Bharat Vyaspeeth (SBV), a social organisation, in Thane, Maharashtra , India on April, 18, 2022.

Investing in Waste Management.

A local initiative has shown how to make waste a source of livelihood for people while also recycling it into useful materials.

Jiya and her daughter Dipika(7), suffer from early symptoms of fluorosis.

Because every child deserves safe drinking water

Because every child deserves safe drinking water

Lady holding a child.

Children in four South Asian countries at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF

According to a first-ever report of its kind, children in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are extremely vulnerable to climate change risks such as heatwaves and floods

A woman in Uttar Pradesh carries a bucket of water from a near by sanitary well created by UNICEF

Community and youth led action on climate change

World Environment Day reminds us of the need to address climate change - find out how UNICEF has been working with young people and communities.

Kaivana always wears a mask when stepping out of home for a stroll in the clean environment in her city in Gujarat.

29 September 2020

#MyCleanEarth photo contest

Share the view outside your window, join us as a climate warrior! Participate in this photo contest on climate change.

Fulashree Nirmal cookes evening meal inside her house in her village.

06 December 2017

The impact of air pollution in India — Overview

Air pollution is one of the world’s largest environmental health risks.

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