The proposal, called Today and Tomorrow, combines the financing of programs to improve climate resilience and disaster risk prevention, as well as to prepare against these phenomena, in particular the protection of minors, through the resource platform offered by the insurance market.
Currently, the program focuses on eight countries in different regions (Bangladesh, Comoros, Haiti, Fiji, Madagascar, Mozambique, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) that are prone to hurricanes and seeks to support around 15 million children, youth and women during the first three years.
According to UNICEF Executive Director of Alliances Karen Helshof, she noted that the world is aware that more and more climate disasters are brewing, but it is not known when or where they will occur.
He stressed that children and young people are extremely vulnerable population groups and that they are among the groups most affected by extreme weather events, as evidenced by the UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Index, and it is estimated that 400 million children are currently exposed to hurricanes.
The project requires $30 million, for which UNICEF is calling on donors and agents in the public and private sectors to bridge the growing financial shortfall for humanitarian aid programs to protect children and youth in the face of climate disasters that perpetuate damage and deepen inequality and poverty. between generations.
The Today and Tomorrow initiative is the first previously established climate disaster risk financing mechanism specifically targeting inadequate child protection, with guaranteed future support from the German and UK governments.
UNICEF notes that hurricanes and related disasters such as floods and landslides are the fastest growing weather-related events and a leading cause of loss and damage globally.
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