Not because they wanted to; but because they had no other choice. Their land, their livelihood, their future; all crumbling under drought, debt, and climate chaos. In Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh, girls like her aren’t just victims of tradition. They’re casualties of a warming planet. Climate stress + poverty = child marriage. And it’s not happening in remote corners; it’s in districts ranked ‘high vulnerability’ by the government itself. When crops fail, girls are seen as financial burdens. Marriage becomes a survival strategy. A study found: 9 million girls globally face this double threat every year. India? Home to 34% of child brides. And yet, most conversations skip the part where climate change is quietly pulling the strings behind these marriages. What if saving girls meant fixing broken weather patterns? What if protecting futures meant building climate-resilient villages? The answer isn’t just laws. It’s land, water, jobs, and safety nets that don’t vanish when the rain does.