Considering the challenges posed by the impacts of climate change on the small-island atoll nation, it is paramount that its higher education institutions prepare the climate leaders of tomorrow to reach their fullest potential on the national and international stage. Building the capacities of HEIs in Maldives and other small-island nations and countries of Asia-Pacific is critical to addressing the double injustice of climate change, i.e. its geographic and generational injustices. Regarding the former, the geopolitics of climate change are dominated by the interests and objectives of emitters in the Global North, even though it is the countries of the Global South that are hardest hit by the impacts of climate change. In terms of the latter, it is not the generations responsible for greenhouse gas emissions who will pay the price for global warming but the youth of today and tomorrow. CHILDREN has the ability to at least attempt to rectify these wrongs: its overarching aim is to build the capacity of the Maldives National University (MNU) and the Maldivian society at-large to tackle the pressing issue of climate change in the fields of climate diplomacy, leadership and resilience. In order to achieve this aim, CHILDREN pursues the following specific objectives:Improve and reinforce the teaching capacities of partner institutions in climate studiesFoster interdisciplinary academic cooperation and exchanges to strengthen the research capacities of partner institutionsImplement and develop joint activities, events, publications and projects pertaining to climate change diplomacy, leadership and resilience.In order to achieve these objectives, CHILDREN will partner MNU with the University of Liège, University of Paris, and and University of Economics in Bratislava, all of whom bring institutional expertise in various aspects of climate research, teaching, and international cooperation.