IV 
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 En-
ergy 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, hurri-
canes, 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 dis-
abilities; 
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Whereas 40 percent of the population of Africa and the Pa-
cific Islands are respectively, under ages 14 and 18, and 
represent countries at extremely high risk for environ-
mental or climate shocks; 
Whereas the countries that help vulnerable nations enhance 
their adaptation and resilience will gain significant influ-
ence 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’’, exacer-
bating 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 gender- 
based violence from sudden or slow-onset climactic shocks 
such as prolonged droughts or hurricanes; 
Whereas children’s developing immune systems are more vul-
nerable to extreme weather than adults and thus are 
more likely to experience malnutrition, asthma, dehydra-
tion, stunting, and disease from environmental shocks 
than adults; 
Whereas 1,000 children under age 5 die each day from dis-
eases 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 infor-
mal settlements and slums where they are more suscep-
tible 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 in-
ternally 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 infrastruc-
ture 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 com-
bating 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the unique threat that the effects 
of climate change pose to the futures of children and 
youth; 
(2) affirms the importance of United States 
global leadership in preventing the worst effects of 
climate change and mobilizing international coopera-
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tion to support those most vulnerable to climate 
shocks, including children; 
(3) affirms the significant United States na-
tional security and foreign policy interest in address-
ing climate change and creating opportunities for 
children and youth globally; and 
(4) affirms that children everywhere deserve to 
inherit a healthy planet without fear for the future. 
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