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Children in a canoe rowing towards a dyke from nearby island at Pawuel village of Twic East state of Jonglei state on October 23, 2021 in South Sudan.

17 November 2021

Climate change and flooding

Responding to the needs of growing number of children and families affected by floods

A mother and child walking through flooded area, Bor, South Sudan

21 November 2023

Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children

Joint press release from UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA

Children canoe past submerged houses in the flooded village of Panyagor, Jonglei State

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change

Today, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published authoritative guidance to States on what they must do to uphold children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. In the face of the deepening climate crisis

The remote community of Diam Diam is now only reachable by boat

24 November 2022

Entire villages are quickly becoming islands

Dara Johnston from UNICEF explains why climate change is a threat we can’t ignore

Flood Affected Facilities Dashboard Dec 2021

14 January 2022

Flood Affected Facilities

December Dashboard 2021

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Flood Affected Facilities_Dashboard Dec 2021 (PDF, 7 MB)

People moving supplies and animals on a raft through flood water

13 January 2022

The climate crisis is a child rights crisis

Hundreds of thousands of children affected by extreme weather conditions in South Sudan needs urgent support

Flood resilient latrine in Bilkey village

28 December 2021

Flood resilient facilities help prevent malnutrition

UNICEF helps provide clean water access before, during and after the floods

A young person walking in the flood water

22 November 2021

South Sudan villages are under water making children sick

Drought followed by flooding is becoming a vicious cycle

Ayuang, collecting water, was displaced by floods with her family from Bor in Jonglei state, last year.

01 November 2021

UNICEF child reporters send a cry for help

It’s hard to smile while floods are taking the lives of children

A family has been displaced from their home due floods and are using a tarp to float down the Sobat River to search for dry land.

25 October 2021

Climate change floods out the upper corridor of South Sudan

A journey along the Sobat River as whole communities are displaced