today. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nSave the Children recommends <\/strong>national governments: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- Take ambitious and urgent action now to limit warming to a maximum of 1.5\u00b0C <\/strong>above pre-industrial levels, including by rapidly phasing out the use and subsidy of fossil fuels.<\/li>
- Increase commitments to climate finance <\/strong>for both mitigation and adaptation in recognition that the climate crisis is a child rights issue that affects children first and worst. This includes fulfilling the unmet pledge to mobilise at least $100 billion annually, with at least 50% contributing to adaptation measures that support poorer countries in managing the unavoidable impacts of climate change and pursuing clean development pathways.<\/li>
- Recognise children as equal stakeholders and key agents of change – <\/strong>in addressing the climate and environmental crisis, including by establishing child-friendly mechanisms and platforms to facilitate children\u2019s formal engagement in climate policy making.<\/li>
- Scale up social protection systems <\/strong>to address the increasing impacts of climate shocks on children and their families, with the ambition to move to universal child benefits over time as a way to improve child well-being and build resilience.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Notes to editors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAbout the research
<\/em><\/strong>Climate <\/em>scientists, led by researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, used five sources of data: newly-generated simulations of climate impacts across six extreme event categories; the United Nations World Population Prospects; global mean temperature scenarios compiled in support of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 \u25e6C; population reconstructions and projections; and country-scale cohort size data provided by the Wittgenstein Centre\u2019s Human Capital Data Explorer. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe research calculates the exposure of an average person to climate impacts across their lifetime in 178 countries, 11 regions and the globe, then compares different age groups to calculate conservative estimates of lifetime extreme event occurrence because of climate change, while controlling for changes in life expectancy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nA note on tropical cyclones <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCyclones were not included in this report because the research focused on the increasing incidence<\/strong> of climate-related extremes. Data shows that while the number of cyclones per year is unlikely to increase, the intensity<\/strong> of cyclones will.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nAs temperatures increase, the conditions will become ripe for the formation of stronger cyclones. In future years, the region will see more and more cyclones like Winston and Yasa in the Pacific and typhoons like Haiyan and Goni in the Philippines. All of which have caused widespread destruction and loss of life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nAt any scale, cyclones can raze schools and telecommunications infrastructure, leaving children with prolonged gaps in their learning. They can destroy crops and undermine nutrition, such as 2015\u2019s Cyclone Pam which levelled over 90 per cent of Vanuatu\u2019s crops and left children reliant on nutrient-poor food aid. And they are leading to ever-increasing displacement, with, for example over 700,000 children affected by Super Typhoon Goni wracked the Philippines in November last year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFor Media enquiries: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karen.Chute@savethechildren.org <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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