Zimbabwe has sound policy frameworks that provide for the protection and rights of children and youth. However, these existing policies do not sufficiently recognize or address children and youth's issues and unique vulnerabilities in relation to the impacts of climate change. There is need to mainstream children's issues and the various risks that climate change poses for children and to put children at the forefront of national climate change adaptation policies and programmes. Similarly, the policies and plans fail to draw on the practical knowledge, insights and capacity for meaningful change that children can and do offer, most notably at sub-national and community levels. The views of young people are particularly important to ensure that adaptation approaches take account of the needs of different children and different stages of child development.
Zimbabwe has sound policy frameworks that provide for the protection and rights of children and youth. However, these existing policies do not sufficiently recognize or address children and youth's issues and unique vulnerabilities in relation to the impacts of climate change. There is need to mainstream children's issues and the various risks that climate change poses for children and to put children at the forefront of national climate change adaptation policies and programmes. Similarly, the policies and plans fail to draw on the practical knowledge, insights and capacity for meaningful change that children can and do offer, most notably at sub-national and community levels. The views of young people are particularly important to ensure that adaptation approaches take account of the needs of different children and different stages of child development.
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