1. Girls Daniel Walden | Plan International UK | June 2010 and Climate Change

2. © Plan Impacts Second job Sexual Violence Domestic Violence Consumption of Food Production of Food Ability to Participate Access to Education Time for Education Services and Rights in Disasters Status next to Boys Conflict Migration Competition for Resources Sexual Health & Fertility Collecting Water Urban Relocation Prostitution Household work Livelihoods responsibilities Survival skills Disease Increase in disasters Loss of life/ lives

3. © Plan Opportunities Monitoring and Evaluation Participatory Video Youth Journalism Street Theatre Awareness Raising ‘Indigenous Technical Knowledge’ Radio Programmes Schools Presentations Youth Groups Local Councils Emergencies Committees Communicating Voices Risk Mapping Focus Group Discussions International Meetings Transformative Action Family Planning Economic Benefits Vocational training Ecosystem protection

4. © Plan Making sense of it all…  Impacts of climate change  Why are the impacts different for girls and boys?  What opportunities are there?  Enabling Environment  Education  What’s happening?

5. © Plan Starter for 10 2.2 billion people in the world are under 18 85% of the world’s young people live in developing countries Women and girls are on the frontline United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Hyogo Framework for Action on Disasters

6. © Plan Economics & Climate Change If you want to get the biggest return on investment in development, invest in girls. Nick Kristoff, New York Times

7. © Plan Impacts of climate change on girls: Protection Access to food and medicine Water Physical skills  Involvement in preparedness activities Akash/Panos Pictures

8. © Plan Why are impacts different for girls and boys? Age, socio-economic class, culture Time to take part; time to learn Employment opportunities Conflict situations  Rights-based approaches

9. © Plan Agents for Change: Participation Decision-making Action Advocacy and lobbying Local, national and international levels.

10. © Plan Enabling environment New norms: child-friendly, gender responsive Facilitate girls’ participation as part of this Investment opportunities for adaptation Long-term change as well as immediate effect: Transformative not just instrumental

11. © Plan Education Education on climate change – in safe schools Climate resilience Sustainable development Long-term, transformative empowerment “Ensuring girls’ access to quality education prepares them to play significant roles in reconstruction efforts in their communities and beyond.” Inter-Agency Standing Committee Plan

12. © Plan So what’s happening? Plan International and Child-Centred DRR Children in a Changing Climate coalition partners

13. © Plan Economic crisis, recovery and beyond: beyond. Right to education and involvement Protection; Participation; Enabling Environment Capacity over Vulnerability Cross-cutting … Good Development www.childreninachangingclimate.org