This article proposes that children constitute a new climate precariat. This conceptualization contributes to a more comprehensive theoretical understanding of the vulnerability of children in relation to the climate crisis. Previous literature tends to treat climate change in an abstract fashion that renders today’s children invisible. Climate precarity consists of three main elements of vulnerability: temporality problems, insecurity and an identity vacuum. In relation to temporality and security, children are suffering from the potential loss of a sustainable future, which spurs the need for urgent action and constant consciousness – in the present. World leaders’ inaction creates an uncertainty regarding whom should be held responsible for taking action in guaranteeing children the future which climate change is at risk of depriving them. The concept of climate precarity could be used to explain children’s collective action in relation to the climate crisis. Children’s concerns in relation to the climate crisis suggest that agency and empowerment are spurred through their resistance towards these vulnerabilities.

本文提出，儿童构成了一种新的气候危机。这种概念化有助于对与气候危机有关的儿童的脆弱性更全面的理论理解。以前的文献倾向于以抽象的方式来处理气候变化，从而呈现出当今的孩子看不见。气候不稳定包括脆弱性的三个主要因素：暂时性问题，不安全感和身份真空。关于暂时性和安全性，儿童正遭受可持续未来的潜在损失，这刺激了当前需要采取紧急行动和持续不断的意识。世界领导人的无所作为造成了不确定性，即谁应该为确保儿童未来的气候变化有可能剥夺他们的责任而采取行动。气候不稳定的概念可以用来解释儿童与气候危机有关的集体行动。儿童对气候危机的担忧表明，通过抵制这些脆弱性，激发了代理和授权。