RESILIENCE

Children are facing more extreme weather in an increasingly unequal world. Climate-related heatwaves, droughts and flooding destroy crops, livestock, and livelihoods.  Millions of families today can’t afford to feed their children or send them to school. Conflict, climate change and the cost-of-living crisis are making poverty worse worldwide – especially for children and their families who are forced to leave their homes.  

Without addressing the climate crisis directly, today's children will bear the greatest burden, especially those living in the most vulnerable regions in the world.

All children have the right to a social safety net so they can cope with shocks, adapt to climate change and break out of poverty.  Donate today to support children today and future generations.

As the world’s leading child rights organisation, we’re tackling climate across everything we do, from providing climate-resilient farming in the Solomon Islands to elevating children’s voices in Kosovo.

We’re working to make sure children and their families have strong welfare systems, cash assistance, and climate-smart livelihoods, so they and future generations can cope with shocks and break out of poverty. Through stronger welfare systems and proven livelihood support, we’ll see families through the unexpected tough times and help secure a better future for their children long term.

We’re leading the way on understanding how climate change hurts children, and responding with smart, evidence-based solutions.

We’re helping families protect their livelihoods against climate change, and skilling up young people to find jobs in new, green, digital economies.

We’re supporting children and displaced families in urban slums, and innovating to create neighbourhoods where healthy, happy children can thrive. 

World leaders have been too slow to make the systemic changes needed for sustainable development, to protect children and the planet. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Children are speaking up and leading the way towards a better world and it’s time for us to follow their lead. We must listen to their calls for action and find lasting solutions that support and protect children. 

Save the Children has a unique role in amplifying children's voices and encouraging leadership in the climate movement. We aim to continue to support children to be part of the solution and influence decisions by world and local leaders – especially the most marginalised who are disproportionately affected by climate change. We’re campaigning for and with children to hold leaders accountable for addressing climate change, creating well-funded safety nets and building fair, green, equal societies. Together we are calling for urgent action on the climate crisis as well as inequality to create a safe, healthy, and happy future for children. 

Learn more about a generation fighting for action on the climate crisis.

We will continue to stand side by side with children campaigning for a cleaner environment and a safer world and helping communities become more climate resilient.

We are working with partners to achieve the following goals: 

• To ensure the international community and states acknowledge the global climate crisis is a child rights crisis that needs to be addressed with children as agents of change. 
• To minimise the impact that climate shocks have on the most marginalised children and ensure our programmes support climate adaptive development pathways. 
• To reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts.

 One of our partners is WWF International. Together we are using our combined networks to influence major policy decisions, tackle the climate crisis and prevent further harm to children's lives. We are also working with children and their communities to prepare for and reduce the impacts of climate-related shocks. Read more.