Every Child Deserves a Sustainable Future
Every child has the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable and abundant environment. But children today are facing more weather-related extreme events than ever before. More droughts. More floods. Longer heatwaves. More extreme wildfires. Devastating storms.
As these events accelerate year by year, so do the threats to the natural resources children need for their development. Without food, water, air and land, children's health, education, livelihoods and safety are at risk.
Families take their children out of school, relinquish them into forced marriage, send them into hazardous child labor — or worse — to keep food on the table.
Centering Children in Building Sustainable Resilience
We see what natural catastrophes do to children and youth who live on the frontlines of environmental shocks in the low-income countries where we work. Our local partners and country offices see firsthand how these events undo the developmental gains children and youth have made toward achieving their potential.
This requires a holistic response that embodies both adaptation and environmental care — across all levels of society — to ensure the continued achievement of positive outcomes with children across health, education, protection and livelihoods.
