UNICEF's new Strategic Plan recognizes that climate change and environmental degradation are existential
threats to a child’s ability to survive, grow, and thrive and that all levers of the organization need to
work together in a coordinated fashion. The new SP draws stronger links between responses to
climate change with disaster risk reduction as children increasingly need holistic solutions that
address both sudden-onset impacts of disasters, including those that are exacerbated by climate
change — such as hurricanes and floods — and resilient solutions that promote climate-smart
development for the long-term. The new SP activates all of UNICEF’s levers of impact on these
issues - our global programmes, our advocacy and communications infrastructure and our own
operations and supply chain.