Halting Climate Change Is Critical to Ending Violence against Children

Children around the world bear the brunt of the climate crisis by suffering increased violence. It is estimated that 175 million children will be severely impacted every year over the next decade by climate-change related drought, flooding, hurricanes, rising temperatures, migration, and armed conflicts. This shocking figure will only drive higher the nearly one billion boys, girls, and nonbinary youth already subjected to some form of physical, emotional, or sexual violence each year.