; (5) decreased air quality as children are especially susceptible to air pollution given their developing lungs, higher ventilation rate, and higher levels of physical activity; (6) increases in pollen concentration and a longer pollen season that contributes to allergic rhinitis, where 8.4 percent of children suffer from allergic rhinitis; (7) altered infectious disease patterns; and (8) increases in food and water insecurity; Whereas the best scientific information available projects a 15- to 30-foot rise in sea level by 2100 if current trends continue, with ever greater rises and acceleration in subsequent centuries, resulting in increased erosion and the loss of land, causing the loss of communities, homes, infrastructure, agriculture, and coastal ecosystems for affected children, until such time as levels of CO 2 in the atmosphere are dramatically reduced, and steps are taken to cool the upper portion of the ocean; Whereas extreme weather events can negatively impact children’s mental health due to— (1) family loss or separation; (2) personal injury or injury of loved ones; (3) damage or loss to personal property and pets; (4) school interruption; (5) scarcities of food, water, and medicine; (6) public service outages; (7) displacement, along with the loss of a sense of home and a safe space; (8) loss of nature and cultural activities; and (9) feelings of uncertainty about the future and a belief that their government is not protecting them from climate change, all of which result in anxiety, trauma, shock, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic impacts