Environmental Impacts on UNICEF

Four years later in 1950, the organization’s mandate was extended in order to help address the extended needs of children as well as women. Originally known as the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, the words “international” and “emergency” were later removed, however the acronym stemming from the original full name was kept. “By 1953, UNICEF had become a permanent part of the UN Systems which includes various subsidiaries and specialized organizations and agencies. While also focusing on humanitarian relief, UNICEF also provides some developmental aid to mothers and children within developing nations” (UNICEF,

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is an international organization present in 190 countries (Unicef, n.d.). It is an agency focused on the area of maternal and child health. Recently, the organization is providing fresh water and food for mothers and children, education for mothers and girls, and immunization programs for children (Unicef, n.d.). The advantages for this program are the benefits to the education and health of the women and children, but the disadvantages are ability to retrieve funds all the time, and providing care to everyone. They have to have a focused topic, like they do, in order to start to care for the population. There are many issues in the third world countries that go beyond the abilities of one organization,

The United Nations is an international organization, which was founded in 1945 after the Second World War, committed to providing the means to help resolve international conflicts and formulate policies on matters affecting human beings all over the world (Wikipedia). The organization is committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights (Wikipedia). ‘Ensuring environmental sustainability’, climate change being one of the major factors, is one of the millennium development goals of the UN. The United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, along with many organizations/agencies under the UN, collaboratively work towards achieving this goal.

UNICEF or United Nations Internationals Children Emergency Fund has a duty to help make the world a better place. It is vital to understand what UNICEF is, its origins, the type of problems they face and how they help. It is also essential to look at challenges they have and how they can improve as an organization.

Scientific evidence of the world’s changing climate is unequivocal. The expected impacts of the changing climate are likely to adversely affect the well being of all countries and particularly the poorest countries, some of which are in Africa. The changing climate has been manifested in the form of: increased severity and frequency of droughts; floods and storms; water stress, coastal erosion, and higher incidence of vector borne diseases among others. The resulting declines in agricultural productivity and food security, widespread incidence of water-related diseases, particularly in tropical areas have had a telling effect on economic development. The poorest countries and communities are likely to suffer the earliest

Most developing countries focus on performing as many actions as possible with the purpose of achieving economic growth. However, climate change brought on a whole new agenda, one that is meant to influence these respective actors to invest lesser resources in trying to achieve economic growth and more resources in trying to combat climate change. Developing countries have significant energy needs and First-world countries now need to support underprivileged communities by

Recent data collected by Unicef shows that children in Sub- Saharan Africa need more help. Unicef’s help was trying to stop poverty, hunger, child mortality, gender inequality, illiteracy, and environmental degradation has had the opposite effect as desired. If current trends continue, by 2030 68 million children under 5 will die mostly from preventable causes. Now Unicef is focusing on finding children who are the most vulnerable and helping them live as long as possible.

The entire global community is currently suffering from the unfriendly climatic conditions, the gradual disappearance of rain forest in the tropical regions, the loss of animal and plant species, changing rainfall patterns, and global warming resulting from the changing climate. Climatic changes have the potential to affect all natural systems. It is therefore becoming a threat to human development and survival economically, socially and politically. Despite the fact that the climatic changes pose a threat to the entire globe, many people believe that developing countries (like Kenya) in the tropical regions of the world will be impacted more severely than developed ones.

A strong argument among scientists exists that anthropogenic climate change is the greatest contemporary global threat to sustainable development in the 21st Century, and that, the risks associated with climate change will become more severe affecting all aspects of human livelihoods (IPPCC 2014, FAO 2013, Shiferaw et al 2014, UN 2015. The ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 and signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 signified the importance of the issue to the international community. The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes’ (IPCCs 2007 a,) fourth assessment further focused the worlds’ attention on the imminent dangers of climate change. It particularly highlighted the risks it

Lake and reservoir is an important ecosystem that have lots of high biodiversity because process of photosynthesis and create organic compound and biomass by take in nutrients from water and soils ("Why Is Eutrophication Such A Serious Pollution Problem?"). When plants die, bacteria and fungi did the process of decomposition. Oxygen is consumed during

Every government has its own saying on how its economy needs to be run. Thus these political powers cannot be forced to take measures in favor of climate change so there is a need to make national and international policies and laws for the effective working on targets irrespective of will, to bring about emergency measures. Goal 13 ensures proper disbursement of resources through proper funding from various sources not only channeling the funds in the right path but also spreading the word to other countries about the need to take part in this sincere effort through awareness by education. This investment is measurable by the fact that funds collected from various sources can be calculated and tallied. Transparency into implementation will be particularly important since different countries have different production patterns and consumptions (data taken from surveys) thus strategies obtained from promotion of climate change planning will ensure proper disposal of funds and thus progress of targets can be monitored keeping in view the rapid urbanization and providing policy recommendations on the investment. Teaching young children about the growing need for the adaptive measures will surely bring future leaders who would give significance to such environmental issues.

The Earth’s climate is changing. This is widely evident in the global increase of air and ocean temperature, the melting of ice caps and the rising sea levels. The truth is undeniable as the world experiences changes in rainfall, resulting in floods, droughts and heat waves, putting a strain on environmental health, food resources and biodiversity. The Earth is the source of life; it constitutes our very existence. Thus, climate change has evolved into a serious global problem threatening our livelihoods. There are efforts to mitigate the magnitude of global warming by conducting scientific research, raising awareness and developing national as well as international environmental policies. Nevertheless, these efforts are too little, but hopefully not too late. The fossil fuel industry is still emitting high levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere with insufficient regulation by states. Economic prosperity is still the top priority of nations, even if it compromises the welfare of the Earth. However there must be a way for economic and social “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. (Our Common Future) So the question is, what forms of strategies and solutions can be implemented to mitigate global warming? And how can we sway stakeholders into taking consequent action?

i. UNICEF and its national committees were facing increased competition, particularly from child sponsor organizations such as Save the Children and World Vision. These organizations raised more money than UNICEF and UNICEF also failed in forging corporate ties. This may be also because since it was thought to be related UN people considered it to be rich.

Resource forms a major part of implementing climate change adaptation strategies. From the construction of sea defense walls to the amendment of city regulation plans to incorporate adaptation strategies, resource must be made available in order to ensure successful completion of projects. ‘Institutional rules and norms should call for the generation of resources in order that social actors implementing these rules are able to do so’ (Gupta et al, 2008). The absence of resources such as finances, technical knowledge and expertise, human capital and authority may pose of problem for institutions to adapt to climate change as well as aid communities to also adapt (Termeer, Biesbroek, & van den Brink Ma 2009).

Study discussing climate change adaptation projects that implemented as Part of the official CCA policy then compare to global projects to investigate gaps and lessons learned, the selected case studies have same adaptation theme and face almost the same challenge, all of the case-studies selected from developing countries because they have approximately common in social, economic and environmental challenges that make the comparison fair. study investigate project scope, timeline, contractor, total cost, partner, goals, challenge and outcomes for 20 project, 9 project implemented in Egypt and 9 implemented in developing countries; Morocco, Mexico, Brazil, Kiribati, India, Philippine, Solomon Islands, Central African