; 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, 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