Children’s Climate Risk Report – 2026

The Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026 provides the most detailed global picture to date of where children face the greatest climate risks.

A boy walking in floodwaters in Pattani Province. Children are often the most vulnerable in an emergency, which is why UNICEF makes supporting them our top priority.

Their Future is on the Line: Cost of inaction on HIV for children

This report presents new modelling by UNAIDS, UNICEF and Avenir Health on the potential impact of a 50 per cent reduction in intervention coverage — a plausible outcome if current funding cuts and related disruptions continue. The analysis quantifies the human cost for children by comparing projected new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths across multiple scenarios.

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Data Brief on Violence against Children at Home

This data brief comprises updated global estimates and the first-ever regional breakdowns on two indicators of violence against children at home: violent discipline by parents and other caregivers and children’s exposure to intimate partner violence. For the first time, regional data reveal where women and children are most at risk, showing that children’s exposure largely mirrors geographical patterns of partner violence among adolescent girls and women.

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We believe that consistent, credible data about children’s situations are critical to the improvement of their lives – and indispensable to realizing the rights of every child.

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