Environment & Climate Change

Children have been identified as one of the population groups at greatest risk from the systemic shocks caused by climate change.
It finds that increased poverty is probably the most important link between climate change and child labour. The damage caused by climate change is significantly affecting livelihoods and living conditions, pushing more people into poverty and degrading the circumstances of those who are already poor and vulnerable. There is evidence that these conditions induce households to rely more on child labour, the paper says.

Other key impact channels identified in the paper include:
▪️changes to agricultural productivity;
▪️climate-related extreme weather shocks;
▪️climate-driven migration and conflict;
▪️health issues, hazardous child labor;
▪️destruction or degradation of basic services infrastructure.

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