Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Sustainable Development Goal 13 addresses violence against children.

Climate action

The climate crisis and its severe consequences, particularly for already vulnerable populations, are fueling the drivers of violence such as poverty, migration and displacement and lack of access to education. It is a threat multiplier10 for forms of violence against children such as child marriage, child labor and child trafficking. Urgent and child-sensitive adaptation to and mitigation of the impacts of the climate crisis is essential to reduce the risks of violence against children that it presents.