Children’s participation in community-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change

Main author: Tanner, Thomas
Other authors: Garcia, Mercedes
Lazcano, Jimena
Molina, Fatima
Molina, Grace
Rodríguez, Gonzalo
Tribunalo, Baltz
Seballos, Fran
Format: Journal Article           
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institution SOAS, University of London
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language English
language_search English
description As an emerging field, reflection and learning on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) are crucial. However, there is a danger that a focus on ‘the community’ fails to look within and understand the community itself. Children under 18 are often considered the vulnerable, passive victims of disaster events. Yet children have unique perceptions of the world in which they live, and they have the capacity to act as agents of change. In this article, we argue that widening community participation to include children is crucial for successfully tackling development issues in a changing climate. We show how child-friendly participatory methodologies and processes can enable children to take an active role in communicating their perspectives to other members of the community, tackling climate change impacts, and preventing disasters.
format Journal Article
author Tanner, Thomas
author_facet Tanner, Thomas
Garcia, Mercedes
Lazcano, Jimena
Molina, Fatima
Molina, Grace
Rodríguez, Gonzalo
Tribunalo, Baltz
Seballos, Fran
authorStr Tanner, Thomas
author_letter Tanner, Thomas
author2 Garcia, Mercedes
Lazcano, Jimena
Molina, Fatima
Molina, Grace
Rodríguez, Gonzalo
Tribunalo, Baltz
Seballos, Fran
author2Str Garcia, Mercedes
Lazcano, Jimena
Molina, Fatima
Molina, Grace
Rodríguez, Gonzalo
Tribunalo, Baltz
Seballos, Fran
title Children’s participation in community-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change
publisher IIED
publishDate 2009
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31355/