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Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse

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Meera Devi, left, accompanies her daughter Arima, 7, to her school as they walk on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Their family was among those displaced by the recent floods in the Indian capital's Yamuna River. Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A woman prays inside their makeshift home on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Her family was among those that were displaced by the recent floods in the Indian capital's Yamuna river. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Garima Kumar, 10, right, combs the hair of her younger sister Arima, 7, as she prepares for school inside their shanti on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Their family was among those that were displaced by the recent floods in the Indian capital's Yamuna River. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Garima, 10, poses for a portrait outside her makeshift home on the flood plain of Yamuna River after coming from school in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Meera Devi applies a coat of mix of cow dung with earth and water to seal the foundations of her restored shanti built on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The floodwaters have receded and Devi and her family began repairing their home last month she said they are having to do over and over again as floods are becoming more common. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Arima, 7, left, eats breakfast with her brother Kartik, 4, as their mother Meera Devi looks on inside their shanti on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Their family were among the hundreds that were displaced by the recent floods in the Indian capital's Yamuna River. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Garima, 10, right, and her sister Arima, 7, left, study outside their restored home on the flood plain of Yamuna River after coming from school in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Their family were among the hundreds that were displaced by the recent floods in the Indian capital's Yamuna River. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Meera Devi, left, and her husband Shiv Kumar place a bed inside their home restored on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The floodwaters have receded and the family has began repairing their home last month they are having to do over and over again as floods are becoming more common. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Shiv Kumar, right, watches as his eldest daughter Garima, 10, left, washes her face and his son Kartik, 4, brushes his teeth outside their shanti on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A young boy tries to steer his cycle carrier carrying drinking water down a steep slope as women try to control its speed on the way to flood plain of Yamuna River were they live in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Shiv Kumar, left, accompanies his daughter Garima, 10, to her school as they walk on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Their family was among those displaced by the recent floods in the Indian capital's Yamuna River. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A woman walks with her children, who fled amid drought, to build a makeshift shelter at a camp for the displaced people on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Shukri Mohamed Ibrahim, who fled amid a drought with her family, stands in makeshift camp for displaced people, on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Thursday, Sept, 28, 2023. The worst drought in more than 50 years scorched the once-fertile pastures her family relied on, leaving them barren. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Women build a shelter for people who fled amid a drought at a makeshift camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Children, who fled amid drought, read the Quran at a makeshift camp for the displaced people on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
A woman, who fled amid a drought, carries her baby at a makeshift camo for displaced people on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
FILE - Erosion caused by the Meghna River is visible in the Ramdaspur village of the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Rising seas are eating away at coastlines, storms are battering megacities and drought is exacerbating conflict. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)
FILE - Rescuers using rubber boats evacuate trapped residents through floodwaters in Zhuozhou in northern China's Hebei province, south of Beijing, Aug. 2, 2023. The Philippines, India and China had the most children displaced by climate hazards, accounting for nearly half. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Women and children living in a settlement on the flood plain of Yamuna River, collect drinking water from a municipality tanker in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Meera Devi, left, accompanies her daughter Arima, 7, to her school as they walk on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Their family was among those displaced by the recent floods in the Indian capital's Yamuna River. Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)