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Transforming Education and Empowerment in The Middle East and North Africa
About the Thematic Insight Pieces (TIPs), In a rapidly changing world, education systems must evolve beyond traditional academic learning to include essential skills that prepare youth for real-life challenges. The Thematic Insight Pieces (TIPs) provide a comprehensive look at how integrating these skills can tran...
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The Blue Dot Art Competition for COP 28
Winners, The interactive iframe below cannot be accessed via keyboard navigation due to external source limitations. Get ready for an artistic adventure as the Blue Dot, in partnership with the Ministry of Education of United Arab Emirates (UAE) , takes center stage at COP28 in Dubai! This year, we're embarking on...
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The impact of climate change on children
The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. Climate change is the greatest threat facing the world’s children and young people. Climate change poses major threats to their health, nutrition, education, and future. Children are less able to survive extreme weather events and are more susceptible to toxic chemicals...
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Children are at risk of climate change related hazards in the middle East and North Africa
AMMAN, 30 October 2022 –, Today, UNICEF released the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region with a special focus on Egypt. The Index highlights the vulnerability of children living in many countries in the region to the impacts of climate change. Ahead of Egypt host...
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The coldest year of the rest of their lives
The climate crisis is rapidly accelerating and with it, heatwaves are becoming longer, stronger, more widespread and more frequent. Already, around 559 million children are exposed to high heatwave frequency and around 624 million children are exposed to one of three other high heat measures - high heatwave durati...
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559 million children currently exposed to high heatwave frequency, rising to all 2.02 billion children globally by 2050
LONDON/NEW YORK, 25 October, 2022, – 559 million children are currently exposed to high heatwave frequency*, according to new research from UNICEF. Further, 624 million children are exposed to one of three other high heat measures - high heatwave duration, high heatwave severity or extreme high temperatures. Durin...
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate's remarks at the launch of UNICEF report “The Coldest Year Of The Rest Of Their Lives: Protecting Children From The Escalating Impacts Of Heatwaves”
“In January 2019, as a wave of youth climate strikes were starting to spread around the world, I was just about to graduate from business school in my hometown of Kampala, Uganda. "December and January are some of the hottest months in Uganda, and that December had been especially hot. So much so that it was hard ...
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Remarks by Paloma Escudero, Head of UNICEF's COP27 delegation and Director of Communications and Advocacy, at the launch of UNICEF report “The Coldest Year Of The Rest Of Their Lives: Protecting Children From The Escalating Impacts Of Heatwaves”
"Good morning - Good afternoon "Thank you for joining us today. Before I introduce our amazing panel of young leaders, let me briefly speak to the findings of the new UNICEF climate report we are launching today: “ The Coldest Year Of The Rest Of Their Lives. Protecting Children From The Escalating Impacts Of Heat...
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The Young Climate Activists Toolkit
The UNICEF Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa and the UNDP Regional Hub for Arab States, have developed the Young Climate Activists Toolkit which aims to equip young people with the knowledge, tools, and resources that enables their participation in regional and global youth climate action, and a...
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The Blue Dot CLEAN project
The , Blue Dot CLEAN, , is a project created in collaboration with the British Council for raising awareness about one of the most pressing environmental issues of the region: , reducing plastic waste, . The aim was to promote:, Re-using and recycling at home, Reducing consumption of single use plastic at hous...
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The Blue Dot
Embedded video follows UNICEF Embedded video follows Once upon a time plastic was considered as one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century. A material that was so wonderfully cheap, resistant, moldable, and durable. Plastic could be used for almost anything: Telephones, kitchen appliances, clothes, toys ...
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“Running Dry”: unprecedented scale and impact of water scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa
AMMAN, 22 August 2021-, Nearly nine out 10 children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) live in areas of high or extremely high-water stress with serious consequences on their health, nutrition, cognitive development and future livelihoods. The MENA region is reported to be the most water scarce region in t...