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The climate crisis brings enormous injustice. It is affecting us all, but not equally. In fact, the people who have contributed least to the changing climate are being affected by it the most, and are likely to be less able to protect themselves from the impacts.

Thehomeofonhong is seeking climate justice by making sure the people who are most impacted have a strong voice to influence policies and challenge polluters. We are also holding the biggest carbon emitters to account, advocating that they put resources back into communities to help them prepare and respond to climate impacts.

A safe, clean-energy future should be equally attainable for everyone, not a privilege reserved for wealthy nations and individuals. We are making sure people living in poverty benefit from future decisions about renewable energy and the creation of green, sustainable economies.

Children are growing up in a world made far more dangerous as a result of climate change and environmental degradation

Children have the intrinsic right to a safe and clean environment. Yet nearly half the world's young population — nearly 1 billion children — live in countries where risks to their health and safety due to the effects of climate change are extremely high, countries where children are exposed to serious environmental hazards, shocks and stresses.

Droughts, floods, wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather events related to climate change and global warming are multiplying in frequency and ferocity, endangering communities, creating food insecurity, threatening water supplies and forcing children to migrate — with their families or on their own.

Children are growing up in a world made far more dangerous as a result of climate change and environmental degradation

Droughts, floods, wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather events related to climate change and global warming are multiplying in frequency and ferocity, endangering communities, creating food insecurity, threatening water supplies and forcing children to migrate — with their families or on their own.

Consider:

• nearly 160 million children live in zones vulnerable to high or extremely high drought
• over 500 million children live in extreme flood zones — breeding grounds to deadly waterborne diseases
• one in three children are experiencing extremely high temperatures, which are lasting longer and occurring more frequently year after year; by 2050, it is expected that nearly all the world’s children — more than 2 billion — will be exposed to heat waves, increasing certain health risks, especially for very young children and infants
• the 2023-24 El Niño phenomenon, one of the strongest on record, has escalated damaging regional climate patterns
• in the Caribbean alone, the number of children displaced by extreme weather events has increased six-fold in the past five years
• by 2040, it is estimated that 25 million more children will be malnourished due to climate change

Home Safe Haven calls for global action:

• Take immediate action to adjust essential social services children rely on, such as water, sanitation, nutrition, and education, to protect children from climate disruption; all social services must consider climate factors, and all climate policies and plans must consider children's needs.

• Implement comprehensive climate adaptation plans—currently one of the most effective ways to protect children and youth from the impacts of the climate crisis and enhance resilience.

• Fulfill commitments to increase adaptation funding.

• Continue reducing emissions and transition to renewable energy production.

• Review national climate plans to achieve at least a 45% reduction in emissions by 2030, aiming to limit warming to 1.5°C, led by G20 countries.

• Provide children with climate change education, green skills training, and meaningful opportunities to participate in and influence climate policy-making.

• Prioritize children's rights in adaptation decision-making.

• Enhance focus on children's climate education and empowerment, fulfilling previous commitments to building youth capacity.

• Accelerate progress on loss and damage, placing the survival of vulnerable children and their communities at the center of discussions.