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the light of the adverse effects of climate change. Investments in education and related
infrastructure are a rights-based, cost-effective and sustainable method of
empowering children. Health, water and sanitation, housing infrastructure and
related services are also critical to children’s adaptation and resilience. Disaster risk
reduction, including training for teachers, parents and children, and climate-resilient
schools and infrastructure, is another key area for investment. In the aftermath of
climate-related disasters, resources should be devoted to ensure children’s access to
health services, to reunite children with their families and to not only protect them
with physical support, such as food and clean water, but also to provide psychosocial
care to prevent or address fear and traumas. 83 Support should take into account
children’s distinct needs for play and safety.
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See Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 15, para. 40.
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