UN Climate Doomers Told Weather Driving Child Marriages, Teen Pregnancies and Anti-Girl Violence
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/08/u-n-climate-doomers-told-the-weather-driving-child-marriages-teen-pregnancies-and-anti-girl-violence/
By SIMON KENT
Excerpt: Climate doomers who have flown to a U.N. climate conference in tropical Fiji have heard “global warming” increases the risk of child marriages, teenage pregnancies and violence against girls.
Yes, you read that right the first time. The weather, not religious and societal practices, are to blame for the abuse of underage girls spreading globally.
According to the charity Plan International, natural climate events such as floods, droughts, cyclones, and extreme heat are destroying the health and education services girls depend on while also forcing families to marry off young daughters as a “survival strategy.”
It fails to note significant religious factors, societal demands, and sheer greed in selling young women for money as a factor in the degradation of girls. Forced cousin marriage is also an accepted practice in some faiths that matches young girls with older partners.
According to UNICEF, South Asia, including countries like India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, is home to the largest number of child brides in the world, at an estimated 285 million, or around 44 per cent of the global total.
This is followed by the sub-Saharan Africa region, which now accounts for around 18 percent of the global total at 115 million.
The charity’s report – Change Her Forecast, the State of the World’s Girls 2026 – was based on interviews with 5,000 girls and young women aged between 15 and 24 in Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
It said one in 10 girls reported an unintended pregnancy “following a climate-related event” and 33 percent reported an increase in unintended pregnancies in their community.
“Nine in 10 girls said climate-related events were placing serious pressure on their family’s survival, health, and stability,” according to the report, released ahead of the “international day of the girl child” on Friday.