Arctic sea ice is one of the most dramatic indicators of the changing climate. Ice cover on the Arctic Ocean is in some months about half of what it was decades ago, and its thickness has shrunk, by 40%. Arctic sea ice extent has declined significantly in all months since satellite measurements began in 1979.

Climate induced disasters have been increasingly influenced by human activities such as deforestation, land clearances, burning fossil fuels, over-fishing and farming livestock, adding copious amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and increasing global warming. Although geographically distant, each harmful activity amplifies the other, creating a domino-effect like events. Cascading climate changes are happening with more speed and ferocity than predicted.

With persistent harmful practices towards our planet means for a chaotic and hostile environment for generations to come. Unless bold action is taken by governments and policy makers that can put significantly less strain on the planet, every child will be profoundly affected by climate change. Climate domino-effect like events such as wildfires, droughts, air pollution, floods, heatwaves, are only some of the impact’s children will have to live with. Increasing poverty, hunger and loss of cultural heritage due to displacement from extreme weathers will further burden children, depending on where they live and their socio-economic background however, all will face some impacts of climate change. Children have contributed the least to the climate crisis but will pay the highest price and will continue to bear the weight of past generations destructive climate activities. There is a huge wave of uncertainty about the kind of planet future generations will inherit.