Legacy of Disasters. The Impact of Climate Change on Children
- Document number
- 1609
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Legacy of Disasters. The Impact of Climate Change on Children
- Author/publisher
- Save the Children UK
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Unemployment, Poverty, Community development, Social security, Social exclusion, Health care, Health, HIV/AIDS, Globalisation; Global warming, Food security, Natural resources
- Summary
- For the vast majority of people the impact of climate change means an increased risk of losing their homes and livelihoods, more disease, less security and sometimes death. Children in the world’s poorest communities are the most vulnerable. They are already seeing the impacts of climate change through malnutrition, disease, poverty, inequality and increasing risk of conflict – and ultimately an increase in child mortality rates. Overall, natural disasters are likely to lead to unprecedented numbers of 'environmental refugees' or 'environmentally displaced people'. Regions that rely most heavily on agriculture will be most affected; environmental migration is already most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, but millions of people in Asia and India are also on the move. The UN estimates that by 2010 there will be 50 million such people worldwide. Given the demographics of the countries most likely to be affected and the traditional composition of displaced populations, most environmentally displaced people will be women and children
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