Children, Climate and Slums: Risks, Realities and Resilience in Action
Author(s): Barbara Summers (Collaborative Media Advocacy Platform (CMAP)), Julie Greenwalt (Go Green for Climate), Michael Dede (Chicoco Collective), Prince Nosa (Chicoco Collective)
This research–into–action brief explores how the climate crisis is reshaping the lives of an estimated 500 million children and young people growing up in slums and informal settlements. These children are on the frontlines of climate impacts – including extreme heat, floods, and landslides – that intensify existing vulnerabilities such as unsafe housing, lack of basic services, and food insecurity. These conditions, in turn, disrupt health, learning, safety, and family stability.
The Research Series
The Research Series: Cities for Children and Youth is published by Global Alliance – Cities4Children. This series includes publications reflecting on a range of issues faced by urban children and youth and sheds light on promising initiatives and practices for sustained change. The series aims to inspire action, add to knowledge, improve programme/project design and advocate for children’s and young people’s rights in the urban agenda. It is aimed at practitioners, policymakers, government officials, researchers and advocates for better cities for children and youth. The research series includes publications such as evidence to action briefs, case studies, practical guides, and tools to inspire action.
