UNICEF and CCCCC sign five-year pact for child‑focused climate action

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) signed a five‑year memorandum of understanding in Belmopan, Belize. The agreement creates a framework for child‑sensitive climate governance across the Caribbean, aiming to strengthen climate‑resilient education, health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, and to improve disaster risk reduction and social protection for children.

UNICEF Representative Sajid Ali said, “Children are among those least responsible for the climate crisis yet they bear some of its greatest consequences.” CCCCC Executive Director Colin Young noted that children and youth have historically been overlooked in climate‑resilience programming. The partners will collaborate on research, resource mobilisation, and knowledge sharing to ensure that climate policies and investments put children at the centre of regional climate action.