Are countries considering hunger and children in their climate planning?

In 2025, World Vision analysed the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) of 83 countries, as well as the European Union to check.

Children are growing up in the shadow of a climate crisis that is fast becoming a hunger crisis. Rising temperatures, relentless droughts and devastating floods are daily realities that rob children of food, health, education and security. However, national climate strategies largely ignore child hunger, treating it as a side issue rather than the defining challenge it has become. 

This briefing begins from a simple but urgent truth: climate policy that leaves children out is a failed policy. If we are serious about tackling the climate emergency, we must embed child-specific goals into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).