Climate crises negatively impact everyone indiscriminately. Disasters caused by climate change affect women, the elderly and children across the globe. The threats of climate change to the lives of children are numerous and dangerous.

Climate-led disasters become fatal for children. According to Unicef, every year, environmental factors take the lives of 1.7 million children under five. Similarly, according to a Human Rights Watch report, published in September 2022, “more than 400 children have been killed in the floods in Pakistan, and many more injured.”

Climate change-induced disasters also create several health issues. After floods, children suffer from many water-borne diseases like diarrhoea, malaria, pneumonia and malnutrition. They are forced to drink contaminated water carrying germs. Another problem that children face after floods is the lack of food. Similarly, chances of catching a cold or contracting pneumonia in such situations increase manifold when displaced children spend nights in the open.

A report by Unicef on floods in Pakistan highlights that “at least 3.4 million children need urgent humanitarian assistance and are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning, and malnutrition. Most of the approximately 16 million affected children are without homes, lack access to safe drinking water, and........

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