Building the resilience of children to the impacts of Climate Change

Save the Children integrate knowledge of climate change impacts and disaster risks into our programs wherever possible. This helps children and their communities better prepare for future disasters and the effects of climate change, and helps safeguard the outcomes of the projects we support.

In the Asia-Pacific region, we are working closely with governments to strengthen school safety policies and procedures during a disaster. Children spend so much of their time at school, we work to make sure facilities are safe and appropriate.

Globally, we are partnering with academics and the private sector to build an evidence base that underpins school safety programming.

We believe that although children are vulnerable to climate change and disasters, they have the potential to act as agents of change. Children are capable of actively participating in the decision-making processes that will ultimately affect them, their families and the wider community.