In this fictitious story, learn how climate change has effected Aisha and her family in this video animation. Aisha is like the approximately 1 billion children – nearly half of the world’s children – who live in extremely high-risk countries.
A child born today will face an increased risk from severe floods, prolonged droughts, heat stress and changing patterns of disease. Weather-related disasters have displaced at least 43 million children over the last six years and destroyed critical infrastructure, crops and contaminated or disrupted water supplies. As temperatures go up, harvests will shrink, leading to food insecurity, higher food prices and malnutrition in children. Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns will impact the spread of infectious diseases, including malaria and dengue.
