Climate Crisis is a
Child Rights Crisis

Climate change is changing our world, and the most vulnerable children are being hit the hardest. These children often live in countries that aren’t climate-resilient, meaning they are not equipped to deal with the impacts.

Right now, the basic systems that children rely on are cracking under the pressure of extreme heat, droughts and floods. These systems include food production, education, water, hygiene and sanitation.

Widespread conflict, disease and poverty are worsening the impacts of climate change. 

Please write to your MP to ask them to urge the UK Government to protect children from the cuts to aid and the changing climate.  

Children should be the heart of climate change actions, decisions and plans.  

What are we calling for?

The UK Government must commit to a Global Growing Up Promise: prioritising and protecting the most vulnerable children and investing in the climate-resilient services they need—not just to survive, but to thrive.  

We want the UK Government to:    

• UNICEF UK’s Futures at Risk campaign urges the UK Government to play its part in securing children’s futures by spending at least 25% of aid on the vital, basic services children need like: 

🩺 Life-saving healthcare 

🥫 Nutrition 

📖 Education