Young Children and Climate
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Project Summary
ICLEI SA is conducting a study ‘Young Children and Climate’ in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhi Nagar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) with support from the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF).
The study aims to review the existing situation and landscape of young children and climate action and associated issues, challenges, and barriers; analyze the climate impacts on the open spaces and parks, street, health, neighborhood, and spaces around ECD services (including access and built environment) particularly with reference to young children and their caregivers; priorities of climate action plan and how if it all young children and their caregivers are considered.
Outputs
1) Understand the presence, if any, of a young child and caregiver lens in the climate action domain of Indian cities, including key aspects covered and scalable best practices.
2) Identify, assess, and evaluate existing barriers and opportunities for linking young children to climate action across cities.
3) Identify modular climate-resilient project solutions to support sustainable and effective early childhood development.
4) Provide recommendations on the process of institutionalizing the young child and caregivers’ lens in various climate action activities across the country.
