Report

Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children

Today’s children, and their children, are the ones who will live with the consequences of climate change.

Students play during their break period at school at Kharikkhyong Government Primary School in Rangamati.
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Highlights

Today’s children, and their children, are the ones who will live with the consequences of climate change. This report looks at how children, and particularly the most vulnerable, are affected and what concrete steps need to be taken to protect them.

Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children Executive summary | English | French | Spanish

Please contact: climate@unicef.org

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Author(s)
UNICEF
Publication date
Languages
English
ISBN
978-92-806-4826-3

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Climate change
Environment
Child rights
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