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Secretary-General
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Education is key for protecting children and for enabling them to take part in decision-making – to reduce risks for all.

United Nations - Headquarters
Group photo of children at the a life-size Riskland game in Hwangseong Republic of Korea
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The celebratory school safety event aimed to promote the Korean School Safety Programme (KSSP) and commemorate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Korea, Republic of - government
Incheon Metropolitan City
Kamal Kishore
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For this year's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we are calling on countries to do more to protect and empower children and youth through education.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Schoolchildren in  Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 2023
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Five Central Asian nations – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – reaffirmed their commitment to safe and resilient schools for children this week – with four endorsing the Comprehensive Safe Schools Framework.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
School children in a classroom in Gao, Mali
Wonyong Park Lorenzo Miani Olivia Levrini
Schools are an important space young people to learn about disaster risk, but too often teachers miss educational opportunities. Educators need to better understand how to use specific climate disaster examples in the classroom to teach about risk.
Cogs lifted in the air by hands
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As the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition (MINEDDTE) prepares its first national adaptation plan (NAP) document, it launched a digital campaign calling on youth to get involved in adaptation.

National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
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Students around the world can explore a new virtual world to learn heat wave survival skills and cooling solutions through the Minecraft Education platform.

Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
Flood mural Rajapur, Nepal
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The activity was carried out first in the classroom where children were allowed to express their experience living with flood through drawings and artistic expression.

Global Resilience Partnership
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