Throughout the Asia-Pacific, we have documented how girls are increasingly leading local and national climate change movements while galvanising support and rallying and inspiring other girls. Yet research contained in Plan International's 2022 Asia-Pacific Girls Report: Their Fight for the Future reveals that in many countries climate action by girls is blocked by both policies and by discrimination. The impacts of climate change in Asia-Pacific are hitting girls first and worst, particularly in poorer countries and marginalised communities. Women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, worsening existing inequalities while threatening their safety. Many girls and young women are confronted with governments who regard climate change as a low priority, without any focus on girls and young women as agents of change.
