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Environment and Climate
Climate change and environmental degradation undermine the rights of every child
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When Floods Strike
It’s midnight in Rantau Panjang, Kelantan. Ten-year-old Ameera finds herself surrounded by water. The floods have crept into the house built three feet above ground. Her father, Abe Ha, keeps watch as the levels rise. Outside, it reaches his chest. He urges Ameera, her sister and mother into a sampan . It is time ...
Flagship report
State of the World's Children 2024
In many ways, the world of 2050 will be very different from today’s. It will be a world where, in many high-income countries, children will account for a relatively small share of the population. As we move further into the twenty-first century, the future of childhood will increasingly be in Africa: By 2100, ther...
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On the Ground Update - Disaster Risk Reduction
What comes to mind when you think of rain? For some, it symbolizes fresh beginnings and renewal. But for children living in vulnerable communities, it often signals danger and uncertainty., My name is Sufyan Aslam, and I serve as a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Consultant with UNICEF Malaysia., In flood-prone area...
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My top takeaways from the Youth Climate Adaptation Forum (YCAF)
On October 11, as our Climate and Environment intern at UNICEF Malaysia, I took over the UNICEF Instagram and Facebook story section to share my experience at the Youth Climate Adaptation Forum (YCAF). The YCAF aims to inspire and empower Malaysian youths to act on climate adaptation and resilience-building effor...
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Keeping children safe in a flood
Ameera, aged 10, looks contented as she sits between her parents while they talk about annual floods at the village. Her father, Abe Ha, shares how the water started rising one night at Maghrib , the evening call to prayer. They decided to evacuate at midnight when the water reached their knees inside their home t...
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Youth take lead in finding solutions for climate resilience
Kuala Lumpur, 11 October 2024 – YB Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, led discussions with young people at the Youth Climate Adaptation Forum (YCAF). The forum, organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability, Deutsche Gesellschaft...
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Youth United
Children and young people, who make up a significant portion of Malaysia’s population, are at a crossroads. With children under 18 accounting for about 29% of the population in Malaysia, it’s crucial for them to have a say in shaping the future they will inherit. Every child has the right to a safe, healthy, and s...
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COP28: Our Hope, Our Call to Climate Action
This year is poised to break temperature records, underscoring the world’s failure to meet commitments to the 2015 Paris Agreement, aiming to limit the rise in global temperature to below 1.5oC. The stakes are high, with over 1 billion children’s lives in jeopardy due to the climate crisis. Recognizing the urgent ...
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Including Youth at the Table for Climate Action
Youth Environment Living Labs (YELL) conducted a dialogue with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC) on 28th February at Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (BPMB). The dialogue highlighted centering young people at the forefront of addressing climate change and environmental hazar...
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What the YELL is going on?
The climate crisis has always been an issue that I found hard to resonate with since it is often presented as a distant, unfixable problem and underscored with apocalyptic claims. I am also worried that certain communities fail to acknowledge their climate privilege at times since they are often untroubled by clim...
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MyUNICEF Impact Challenge 2022
How can we use innovation and technology to create a safe and healthy living environment for all children in Malaysia?, UNICEF Malaysia is calling for innovative, creative and impactful solutions with game-changing models that will help address issues of the 21 st century: climate literacy, disaster mapping and ma...
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Inviting young people to YELL about the environment
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 August 2022, – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with Amanah Lestari Alam (ALAM) today launched Phase 2 of the Youth Environment Living Labs (YELL), to reimagine youth participation in climate and environmental action acro...