Children and Climate Change Research Topics

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Before choosing a topic/research area, please go through our bestpractices.md. You can choose a topic by commenting the number you’ll like to work on and create an issue or create an issue with a fresh topic idea as long as it fall under a section in our roadmap.md. When you’re done, please notify someone from the M&E team to check this out by mentioning (@clentafrica/wg-monitoring-and-evaluation). It’s best when research is done by a team so feel free to work on this with friends

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• 1. Impact of Climate Change on Children’s Health and Nutrition

  • Study the link between climate change (e.g., droughts, food insecurity) and its impact on child health outcomes such as malnutrition and disease rates in Africa.

• The Role of Renewable Energy in Improving Children’s Education in Off-Grid Areas #11

  • Investigate how solar energy and other renewable technologies can provide reliable electricity for schools, improving educational outcomes for children in rural areas in Africa.

• 3. Climate Change and Child Labor in Agriculture

  • Examine how climate change pressures may increase child labor in agriculture and how renewable energy can reduce this need.

• 4. Climate-Induced School Closures and the Effects on Child Development

  • Research the extent to which climate disasters (e.g., floods, storms) result in school closures, and their effects on children’s education and mental well-being Africa.

• 5. Building Child-Friendly Climate Resilience Strategies

  • Develop African specific strategies to engage children in climate resilience activities, ensuring that their needs are considered in disaster response plans.