We cannot underestimate the impact of climate change on children’s health and well-being, especially in the early years (0-8). This December, Capita will host a series of discussions at COP28 in Dubai. We aim to capitalize on COP28 as a critical moment and space to position the early years as central to achieving sustainability globally.
Join Capita and Ascend at the Aspen Institute for an exclusive briefing on the action plan and opportunities for Ascend's Fellows and Ascend network partners to implement recommendations to support young children and their families in a changing climate.
This Monday November 21st, Joe Waters will host a conversation with Georgie Dent, journalist, editor, keynote speaker, advocate and author.
During this virtual fireside chat, Capita Co-Founder + CEO Joe Waters will join U.S. Early Years Climate Action Task Force member Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (D-Virginia) to discuss how the United States can help young children, zero to 8, flourish in the face of climate change.
With private equity increasingly investing in the child care industry, it’s time for child care leaders to get smart about private equity.
Join us for the launch of Flourishing Children, Healthy Communities, and a Stronger Nation: The U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan.
In this session, we'll delve deep into the power of nature-based approaches in building resilient communities and nurturing the holistic development of our young children. We'll explore the real challenges that hinder the creation of more green schoolyards and playgrounds, ranging from policy barriers to funding and maintenance issues in New York City.
After the first two Policy to Action Labs, we come together to share our learnings and discuss opportunities to collaborate as we explore the future of cities with children at the center of their climate policies.
During this virtual fireside chat, Congressman Ro Khanna, Wendy Doyle, President and CEO of United WE, and Elliot Haspel, Director, Climate and Young Children at Capita will talk about child care and its role in the economy, for women, and for family flourishing.
Extreme weather events continue to create havoc in our personal lives, businesses, and communities. This event will consider the ways flood risk and water vulnerabilities pose particular threats to young children and the institutions they rely on.
On Wednesday, June 21st in Helsinki we will have an informal, private discussion led by Anu Partanen, author of The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life.
Esta reunión examinará las ideas más novedosas sobre cómo garantizar que los niños pequeños sean parte central de los esfuerzos de adaptación y resiliencia al cambio climático por parte de las ciudades en todo el mundo.
Join the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, Health and Environmental Funders Network, Children, Youth and Family Funders Roundtable and Capita for a webinar to explore early childhood in the climate change era.
This sixth, public listening session of the Early Years Climate Action Task Force will focus specifically around the question: How can we support parents and early years providers in advocating for a sustainable future?
This convening will examine the latest thinking on how to ensure that young children are at the heart of city climate change adaptation and resilience efforts around the world.
This fifth, public listening session of the Early Years Climate Action Task Force will focus specifically around the question: How do existing local, state, and national plans to address climate change include children?
This fourth, public listening session of the Early Years Climate Action Task Force will focus specifically around the question: How can investments in early childhood help communities build resilience to climate change?
This third, public listening session of the Early Years Climate Action Task Force will focus specifically around the questions: How will climate change impact early childhood systems (child care, early learning)? How can our early childhood systems adapt to help children build resilience?
Leveraging the universally shared value of protecting children, Frederica Perera's Children's Health and the Peril of Climate Change (OUP, October 2022) is a call to action to replace denial and despair around climate change with purpose and commitment for a healthier, more sustainable future.
This second, public listening session of the Early Years Climate Action Task Force will focus specifically around the question: How can our health systems adapt to help children build resilience?
This first, public listening session of the Early Years Climate Action Task Force will focus specifically around the questions: Why should the early years sectors move towards climate action? How will climate change impact early childhood development?
Join us for a public conversation between experts and policy-focused stakeholders to better understand the impacts of climate change on perinatal and pediatric health, and opportunities for policy and practice innovation at the nexus of the early years of human development and climate change.
Capita is offering a new workshop for child and family-serving organizations to help you get ready to support Gen Z parents with young children.
Join world-class pediatric surgeon, social scientist, and best-selling author Dana Suskind for a conversation about how the neuroscience of the earliest years of human development can guide us toward a future in which every child has the opportunity to fulfill their potential.
Please join Capita and American Compass for a robust conversation drawing from Yuval Levin's recent book on American institutions, with special attention to the impact those institutions have on the American family.
