Climate Change
What are greenhouse emissions?
Greenhouse emissions happen when we burn fossil fuels, this turns into gas that creates pockets in the Ozone layer.
Armed conflict and children?
-Kids are used as spies, human shields, and combat roles.
-2/3 of the world's children live in conflict-ridden areas.
Reasons why they get forced out of their country?
Conflict, natural disasters, and climate change.
Reasons people need to move?
opportunities, family, to escape conflict and natural disasters.
types of attacks put on children?
hate speech, exploitation, collection of personal data, and cyberbullying.
What does climate change affect?
1. Natural Disasters are at a high
2. Rising sea levels
3. Food insecurity
4. Global warming
(All leads to people fleeing)
what are some of the types of violence pushed toward children?
physical, verbal, sexual, and emotional these also include peer violence and cyberbullying.
Survival in new place?
hard to find food, water, healthcare, sanitation, and housing.
how many recorded migrant deaths have there been?
about 61,000!
effects of unsafety online?
1-5 kids skip school
leads to sucicide
leads to self harm
what are the solutions?
-donating to organizations that help reduce the use of greenhouse emissions.
-using products that help save the earth (paper toilet paper, reusable straws & cups, reusable grocery bags.)
effects of violence towards children.
-suicide
-missing school
-self-harm
What are three needs to move forward that millions of refugees were denied?
healthcare, education, and employment.
what is the most dangerous migration route?
The Central Mediterianen.
solutions?
programs, security apps, and age restrictions.
IPCC (helps reduce the use of greenhouse emissions)
UN climate action (brings awareness)
Solutions?
-UN has been helping kids in need for years.
-we can help by bringing awareness and helping kids we see in similar situations.
Solutions/ organizations that are helping?
UNCHR has people in the field who help refugees.
UNRWA has provided service to Palestine.
how many people have been recorded dead in the central medicateran?
about 22,000!
UN
ITU
UNOBC
Deforestation and the consequences?
-loss of oxygen
-tropical forests are the most helpful and they remove about 30% of the carbon emitted into the atmosphere.
Ways organizations helped?
Declaration of the rights of the children
(they update an article every couple years to bring awareness)
The UN has been working for years helping children in need.
In June of 2023, how many people were forced out of their homes?
110 million!
What organization has helped record the migrants and help them?
The Missing Migrants Project!
why is this so important?
These kids mold our future and keeping them safe should be our top priority.