Climate, children, and the crisis at hand

Climate change is putting one billion children at risk - SOS Children's Villages

Protecting our planet from environmental harm is a crucial aspect of safeguarding all children’s rights and futures. This is especially true for children without, or at risk of losing, parental care as they’re most vulnerable to the hazards of climate change and the climate crisis.     The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrines children’s right to health, so they should never have to grow up in a polluted or unsafe environment.    Ye…

Climate, children, and the crisis at hand

India ranks twenty-sixth out of 163 countries on the Children’s Climate Risk Index, emphasising the high vulnerability of its child population to climate shocks and stressors. An estimated 24 million children in the country are impacted by cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related emergencies every year. This exposure is likely to worsen as human-induced climate change increases the unpredictability, frequency, and severity of extre…