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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1164 

Acknowledging the particular threat climate change poses to a secure and 

sustainable future for all children and the important stake children 

have in a healthy planet. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 20, 2024 

Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE (for herself, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and 

Mr. EVANS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Acknowledging the particular threat climate change poses 

to a secure and sustainable future for all children and 

the important stake children have in a healthy planet. 

Whereas nearly half of the world’s children live in countries 

at extremely high risk to at least one extreme weather 

event per year and will experience more floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts over the course of their 

lifetimes than previous generations; 

Whereas extreme weather events, sea level rise, floods, and 

prolonged droughts interrupt the education of 40,000,000 

children annually, especially girls and children with disabilities; 


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Whereas 40 percent of the population of Africa and the Pacific Islands are respectively, under ages 14 and 18, and 

represent countries at extremely high risk for environmental or climate shocks; 

Whereas the countries that help vulnerable nations enhance 

their adaptation and resilience will gain significant influence and goodwill among the public for generations to 

come; 

Whereas 183,000,000 children globally are facing the triple 

threat of extreme weather events, poverty, and conflict, 

and climate change can be a ‘‘threat multiplier’’, exacerbating existing insecurities, conflicts, and longstanding 

development challenges, putting children’s lives at risk; 

Whereas prolonged and frequent droughts means children 

who traditionally help fetch water are forced to cover 

longer distances, increasing their exposure to violence, 

early marriage, and abduction and recruitment by armed 

groups; 

Whereas girls are at heightened risk for forced labor, sex 

trafficking, child marriage, and other forms of genderbased violence from sudden or slow-onset climactic shocks 

such as prolonged droughts or hurricanes; 

Whereas children’s developing immune systems are more vulnerable to extreme weather than adults and thus are 

more likely to experience malnutrition, asthma, dehydration, stunting, and disease from environmental shocks 

than adults; 

Whereas 1,000 children under age 5 die each day from diseases associated with inadequate water, sanitation, and 

hygiene, especially in areas with water scarcity, cyclones, 


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and floods, and by 2040, 1 in 4 children will be living 

in areas of extremely high-water stress; 

Whereas 350,000,000 to 500,000,000 children live in informal settlements and slums where they are more susceptible to the impacts of flooding, stresses from extreme 

heat or cold, poor air quality, and overcrowding, and the 

poorest urban child is twice as likely to die before age 5; 

Whereas, in 2020, there were an estimated 9,800,000 new internally displaced children due to weather-related causes; 

Whereas changing weather patterns are disrupting stable 

food production, distribution, and consumption, and 

pushing more children and families into crisis levels of 

hunger and food insecurity worldwide; 

Whereas investments in resilient agriculture and infrastructure can save $3 to $10 in humanitarian assistance; 

Whereas children will be the greatest beneficiaries of and 

have the greatest stake in global progress toward combating climate change; and 

Whereas every child should have the opportunity to grow up 

on a healthy, thriving planet with a sustainable future: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the unique threat that the effects 

3 of climate change pose to the futures of children and 

4 youth; 

5 (2) affirms the importance of United States 

6 global leadership in preventing the worst effects of 

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1 tion to support those most vulnerable to climate 

2 shocks, including children; 

3 (3) affirms the significant United States na4 tional security and foreign policy interest in address5 ing climate change and creating opportunities for 

6 children and youth globally; and 

7 (4) affirms that children everywhere deserve to 

8 inherit a healthy planet without fear for the future. 

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