Infant Art Challenge for COP 28| Painting Our Climate Legacy: Mangroves as Fish Habitat

Painting Our Climate Legacy: Mangroves as Fish Habitat

Our children are sharing their inspirational creations about how to limit climate change. We invite school-aged children to unleash their creativity and envision a sustainable future through their art. Together, let's paint a brighter tomorrow for our planet.”

Enjoy the drawing of JANI, a 13-year-old Angolan girl

Painting title: Mangroves as Fish Habitat

The complex root systems of mangroves provide habitat for a diversity of terrestrial and aquatic species. JANI presents a drawing of a mangrove tree in the sea and a fish living in its roots.

We seek to empower young people to shape the outcomes of COP28 and beyond, particularly considering the disproportionate risks and impacts from climate change for children and youth. 

Mangrove forests are critical ecosystems, both for biodiversity and for humanity. Vast areas have been lost, but things are changing. As we begin to realize their full value—as carbon stores, fish factories, coastal defenses and more—ever-greater efforts are being made to protect what remains, and to start programs of restoration. 

The State of the World’s Mangroves provides the very latest information on what we know about mangroves and what’s being done to support these magnificent habitats.

“We are encouraging these young minds to share their inspiring creations that champion innovative solutions for combatting climate change. This initiative takes centre stage as a vital to commemorate the prestigious COP28 Climate Summit.”