Quadruple Threat

Humanity is on the move. Driven from their rural homes by conflict and climate change, people are heading to the cities in a mass migration that is changing the landscape of poverty.

Today the world’s most vulnerable children aren’t just in remote villages or active war zones. Increasingly, they are hidden in places you won’t hear about on the news.

This fact sheet looks at how urban fragility, climate change, gender inequality and social exclusion are driving children deeper into extreme vulnerability.