Climate change is already affecting children across India, not in the future but today. New research and reports show rising impacts on health, education, and mental well-being, driven by heatwaves, pollution, floods, and climate stress, with risks intensifying through 2026 and beyond.

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• Climate change already impacting children’s health, learning, daily life
•  Nearly one billion children globally face extreme climate risks
•  Indian children exposed to heatwaves, floods, air pollution, disease
•  Delhi pollution episodes disrupted schooling, attendance, well-being
•  Toxic air harms lung development, immunity, long-term health
•  Extreme heat raises risks of dehydration, heat illness
•  Climate change expanding diseases like malaria
• UNESCO warns climate stress may cut schooling by 1.5 years
•  Floods, landslides damaging schools, unsafe travel
•  Mental health stress rising due to displacement, climate anxiety