Imagine you are living on the coast of Asia and suddenly out of nowhere, your whole entire community is gone. There was little to no warning, not enough time to get out, and everything you have ever known has disappeared. You barely get out alive, and now you have no home.
This has happened to 1.5 million children in 2020 with Cyclone Amphan in East Asia. In 2021, Typhoon Rai caused another 1.5 million children to be displaced across the Philippines all the way to Vietnam.
Over the past 6 years, fires, floods, and storms have displaced around 20,000 children every single day. 20,000 children lose almost everything every day. 43 million in 6 years. Why? As human-caused climate change accelerates, weather becomes more and more unpredictable and severe. People have less time to prepare and even if they do, they may still lose their home, their community, and everything they have ever known to these more severe weather patterns.
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Pertaining to children, when they are displaced, their risk of being exploited, trafficked, and diseased is greatly amplified.
According to CNN, people believe we have the tools to help fight this, but are moving way too slowly. We need to act now.
Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/world/children-displaced-floods-fires-unicef-climate-intl/index.html ,https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-disasters-displaced-43-million-children-in-just-six-years/#:~:text=CLIMATEWIRE%20%7C%20Extreme%20weather%20events%20and,change%20worsens%20extreme%20weather%20worldwide.
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