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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear our colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As we approach the ten-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, I am writing to draw your attention to the critical findings of Save the Children’s latest report,
<a href="https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/born-into-the-climate-crisis-2-an-unprecedented-life-protecting-childrens-rights/">
"Born into the Climate Crisis 2: An Unprecedented Life: Protecting Children's Rights in a Changing Climate,"</a></span> <span lang="EN-GB">or this link here</span><span lang="EN-GB">
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GiwWfQYVnG9juQH7WLcPHPVza-c9LeZW/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GiwWfQYVnG9juQH7WLcPHPVza-c9LeZW/view?usp=sharing</a> developed in collaboration with climate scientists
from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). This report underscores the urgent need for decisive climate action to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, alongside child-responsive climate finance, locally led
and child-centred adaptation and child-focused approaches to loss and damage. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The findings are stark: <b>Compared to the 2.7 °C global warming we are headed for based on current policy pledges, achieving the Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to 1.5 °C could spare around 58 million children
born in 2020 from experiencing unprecedented lifetime exposure to the following six climate extremes</b>: 38 million children for heatwaves, 8 million children for crop failures, 5 million children for river floods, 5 million children for tropical cyclones,
2 million children for droughts and 1.5 million children for wildfires. “Unprecedented” is defined as an exposure to climate extremes that someone would have less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of experiencing during their life in a world without human-induced
climate change. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In contrast, if global temperatures rise by 3.5°C by 2100, 92% of children born in 2020—111 million children—will face unprecedented heatwave exposure over their lifetime, with dire consequences for their rights to health,
education, and survival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The report also highlights the profound impact of climate change on children, particularly those in lower- and middle-income countries who are already facing heightened risks from waterborne diseases, hunger, and malnutrition.
Extreme weather events are increasingly forcing children from their homes, disrupting their education, and exacerbating inequalities.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The window to act is rapidly closing, and it is imperative that leaders step up to protect children from the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. Save the Children urges governments to:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Take ambitious and urgent action now to limit warming to a maximum of 1.5°C</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> above pre-industrial levels, including by rapidly and equitably phasing out
the use, subsidy and financing of fossil fuels, with high-income and historically high-emitting countries leading the way.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Urgently close the adaptation gap and provide loss and damage funding</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> through the provision of new and additional climate finance, prioritising children
and child-critical social services such as health and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), education, child protection, and social protection, with a particular focus on reaching children most at risk. Climate finance should be delivered primarily
in the form of grants and highly concessional finance, particularly for adaptation and loss and damage.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Children, their rights, voices and unique needs and vulnerabilities must be centred</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> in international climate plans and agreements, including the upcoming
submission of new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0), recognising children as equal stakeholders and key agents of change in addressing the climate and environmental crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. We welcome your leadership and commitment to safeguarding the rights of children today and in the future.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dang<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span lang="VI" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Nguyen Hai Dang</span></b><span lang="VI" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">(</span><span lang="VI" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Mr.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">) |</span><span lang="VI" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Climate
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