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COP27: A SMALL BUT CRITICAL STEP IN BRINGING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS TO THE TABLE AND AN IMPORTANT WIN ON LOSS AND DAMAGE
Toronto, 20 November 2022 – Leaders at COP27 have taken a small but critical step in securing justice for children most affected by the climate crisis, by formally recognizing children as agents of change and setting up a fund for loss and damage, Save the Children said. But far more needs to be done to secure children’s futures, and on World Children’s Day, the child rights organization urges leaders to draw inspiration from the voices of children who were heard loudly at this COP.
Drought and conflict drive highest number of Somalis to Kenya refugee camps in a decade
Toronto, 11 November 2022 – Somalia’s devastating drought has led to the biggest movement of refugees into Kenya in over a decade, Save the Children said, with more than 20,000 Somalis - mostly women and children – arriving this year.
Extreme floods throw the lives of 19 million children off course in past three months – Save the Children
Toronto, November 3, 2022 – Widespread flooding over the past three months has thrown the lives of about 19 million children off course in the top five most impacted countries, Save the Children said, highlighting the need for next week’s COP27 summit to get the climate emergency under control.
INGOs sign southern-led pledge to create a more equitable aid system by 2030
Toronto, October 27, 2022 - Some of the world’s biggest aid and development organizations have signed up to a far-reaching set of commitments to create closer partnerships with local and national organizations in a drive to shift more power, decision-making and money to the places worst affected by crisis and poverty.
REPORT: One in three children globally face double threat of high climate risk and crushing poverty
1,200 Canadian children surveyed for global report on climate change and inequality
Save the Children Canada calling on Government of Canada to show leadership in upcoming COP27 and G20 meetings
In Canada, climate-related disasters are disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities
More than a quarter of people in the world’s worst food crisis are living in West and Central Africa
Toronto, 16 October – 58 million people1 across West and Central Africa, including nearly 29 million children, are now acutely food insecure and in need of urgent food assistance, says an alliance of leading international NGOs in the region.
“She would hit her head on the wall continuously”: Afghanistan on the brink of mental health catastrophe as children pushed to the limit
Toronto, 10 October 2022 – Afghanistan is on the brink of a mental health catastrophe as the economic crisis and decades of conflict take a dangerous toll on children’s mental and psychosocial wellbeing. With only one in four children and adults receiving the treatment they urgently need, many may not recover and will face long-term consequences, Save the Children has warned.
