Growing Green Champions: Building the Foundations of Climate Action by Investing in Children

Children are exceptionally vulnerable to #climate change. Early development is strongly shaped by children's experiences and the environments they grow up in. The impact of climate change compromises these environments, resulting in long-term consequences to children's physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development and the development of their communities. Embedding opportunities for climate action to protect children from climate impacts, along with measures to foster #environmental awareness and #climate literacy through platforms that promote early childhood development and foundational learning not only improve early #development, #literacy, numeracy and social-emotional skills, but also provide the solid foundation necessary for building the green #skills of the young #people who will #power the #green transition.

Moderator:
Elizabeth Lule, Executive Director, ECDAN

Keynote:
George Laryea-Adjei, Director of UNICEF Programme Group

Speakers:
Hon. Madalitso Wirima Kambauwa, Minister of Education, Republic of Malawi
H.E. Edil Baisalov, Deputy Chairman, Cabinet of the Ministers, Kyrgyz Republic
Gillian Caldwell, Chief Climate Officer & Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Rebecca Chandler Leege, Chief Executive Officer, Worldreader
Francisco Vera, Youth Advocate, UNICEF