Institute of Development Studies

IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13 - Children in a Changing Climate: Lessons from Research and Practice

Children have a right to adaption support and a right to participate in decisions and actions which will affect their future. Understanding children's capacity to participate in decision making and take adaptive action on climate change - and their value in this process - is crucial to ensuring fair and equitable adaptation policy and programming. This briefing introduces some of the critical issues and areas of action for children in a changing climate. It captures the learning from research and practice by the Children in a Changing Climate coalition.

Publications

• Seballos, F. (2009) 'Rights, Needs and Capacities of Children in a Changing Climate', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13.1, Brighton: IDS
• Stone, L. and Lofts, K. (2009) 'Climate Change, Child Rights and Intergenerational Justice', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13.2, Brighton: IDS
• Tanner, T. (2009) 'Children Communicating Climate and Disaster Risks', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13.3, Brighton: IDS
• Walden, D., Hall, N. and Hawrylyshyn, K. (2009) 'Participation and Protection: Children’s involvement in Climate Change Debates', IDS In Focus Policy Brieifng 13.4, Brighton: IDS
• Polack, E. (2009) 'Mainstreaming Child Rights in National Climate Adaptation Policy Spaces', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13.5, Brighton: IDS
• Seballos, F. and Tanner, T. (2009) 'The Importance of Participatory Child-Centred Research for Climate adaptation', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13.6, Brighton: IDS