Climate Change and Children
Climate change is a child rights issue. The collaborative focuses on ensuring that conversations concerning the global impact of climate change consider the effect on children's development and well-being.
People
Joan Lombardi
The Thrive Center for Child, Families and Communities; Collaborative on Global Children's Issues
Senior Scholar; Senior Fellow
Features
Publications
Action Needed to Protect the Environment for Young Children Now and for the Future Generations
November 17, 2022
Published by the Africa Early Childhood Network, this brief—written by Dr. Joan Lombardi, senior fellow at the Collaborative for Global Children's Issues, Alicia Lutomia, founder of Graca Mahel Trust, and Emily Prest, spring 2022 student fellow at the collaborative—offers guidance to the early…
Urgency, Hope, and the Intersection of Climate, Environment, and Young Children
November 17, 2022
Youth Action on Climate and Their Future
June 16, 2022
Safeguarding the Future Generation
June 3, 2022
Blog Posts
Promoting Community-Based Participatory Research with Indigenous Youth about Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission on Climate Change
May 14, 2023
There is increasing evidence of the critical role of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) for climate change adaptation and mitigation. TEK refers to the body of knowledge, beliefs, traditions, practices, institutions, and worldviews developed and sustained by Indigenous peoples and local…
Events
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Walk with Amal
Amal walks through a sea of emergency blankets. A river of shoes appears, carrying the stories of millions of children on the move, who seek safety within and across borders. Amal brings them to the feet of U.S. Representatives.
Little Amal is the internationally celebrated 12-foot puppet of a…
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Georgetown Units
The Earth Commons Georgetown Unit
Founded in February 2022, the Earth Commons seeks to build and support a focus on the environment and sustainability across Georgetown University. It supports faculty research, convenes leaders, advances dialogue, and provides opportunities for students to engage in hands-on projects and research.
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