Strengthening Urban Youth Climate and Resilience Programming in South Asia

The Maldivian Red Crescent's sub-project, in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Socities (IFRC) and the Italian Red Cross is part of the broader initiative to strengthen urban youth climate and resilience programming in South Asia, which aims to address critical climate change issues in the Maldives.

The project strategically focuses on Male' City, Addu City, and Kulhudhuffushi City due to their susceptibility to the impacts of unplanned development and accelerated climate change. These issues include the rise in temperature, flooding and coastal erosion, and the impact of climate change on human health. The project aims to address these issues through youth-led initiatives, encompassing Youth - Adapt (Y-Adapt) Programs. Y-Adapt is a curriculum for young people that helps them to both understand climate change and to take practical action to adapt to the changing climate in their community.

The project also includes activities to address heat, raise awareness on climate resilience and adaptation, and promote youth-led community mobilization for coastal vegetation restoration to mitigate flooding and erosion. The activities invovled under this project emphasizes on inclusivity, catering to the broader public, youth, women, persons with disabilities, and migrants, aligning with promoting resilience-building across the entire community.