Plan International's Child-Centred Climate Change Adaptation project actively involves children and their communities to achieve safe and resilient communities. The project aims to build the awareness of children and their communities to the effects of climate change and to empower them to be active participants in adaptation to impacts of climate change. It promotes a culture of safety within communities to actively participate in hazard and exposure mapping, reducing the risks of disaster and developing adaptive capacities of children. The work also involves the translation of relatively new and complex climate science concepts into real life practice using the tools, techniques and local knowledge of communities.

One of the recent activities was a climate change training workshop in Bali. As part of the workshop children learnt how to make biogas (a renewable energy source produced from regionally available raw materials), produce liquid fertilizer and were taught first aid for emergency situations. Children are developing the confidence and self-esteem to act as leaders and pioneers of change in their community.

This project is led by Plan International and is funded through Australian Aid from the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).In 2015-16 through the ANCP, Australian Aid supported 5 NGOs to deliver 9 projects in 6 countries focusing on the environment and climate change.