Climate change may put children at considerable risk of violence, abuse and multiple forms of poverty, particularly through displacement, migration and erosion of assets and livelihood alternatives, says a research report by Plan Nepal.

Nepal is among the disaster-prone countries in the world. It is exposed to various hazards like earthquakes, floods, landslides, cold waves, wind storms, hail storms, fires, glacial lake outburst, floods and avalanches. From 2002 to 2011, around 352 people lost their lives in climate-induced disasters, of which about 40 per cent were children. The research report on ?Impact of Climate Change on Children in Nepal?, recently published by Plan Nepal, says, ?The children in Nepal are vulnerable when disaster takes place because of the country?s high poverty incidence, exposure to disease, dependence on natural resource and inadequate access to information on climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, rights and protection.? The report highlights the perception of the children about the impact of climate change on their lives. The findings have been categorised into climate change impacts on education, health and nutrition, food security and livelihood and child protection. The education of the children is hampered as they are unable to cross the rivers during monsoon. In many flood-prone areas, people displaced by floods take shelter in school which hampers children?s education.

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