The Green School Initiative
The UNICEF approach to building resilience and accelerating climate action for children in and through education in West and Central Africa
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Highlights
In West and Central Africa, UNICEF has been addressing the impacts of emergencies, disasters, and conflict on children and their education for decades. Noting that 17 of the 30 countries where children are the most exposed to climate risks are in the region, UNICEF country offices have been re-orienting their education programmes to respond to the escalating climate crisis. The Green School Initiative (GSI), presented in this document, is the UNICEF regional approach to building resilience and accelerating climate action for children in and through education. The vision is for every child to thrive on a liveable planet, as per UNICEF’s Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan 2023-2030. Achieving this vision in West and Central Africa, which includes some of the countries with the highest climate risks to education, is of vital importance. The document also provides guidance - including technical resources - for UNICEF country offices and partners to achieve the GSI.
