Two-weeks before the climate change conference in Paris, UNICEF released a report titled “Unless We Act Now” detailing how millions of children worldwide are at risk from climate change.
- Approximately 530 million live in flood-prone areas, most of which are found in Asia.
- Over 300 million of these children live in countries where over half of the population is poverty-stricken.
- On the other side of the world, about 160 million children belong to are areas suffering from extreme drought, with more than half found in Africa.
- Around 115 million live in areas where the risks of tropical cyclones are very high.
Several countries already submitted their national plans to help keep the global warming levels to 2 degrees Celsius.
Report Highlights
- Scientific forecasts in the UNICEF report (PDF) showed that the number of children who will be saved from climate change increases with climate change plans’ level of intensity.
- Children around the world are already being affected by the amount of CO2emitted.
- Worsening weather conditions affect the children through the cause of diseases including diarrhea and malaria.
- The increasing rate of malnutrition during severe weather conditions also causes much harm.
This causes a vicious cycle that increases the children’s risks of being affected heavily when faced with succeeding predicaments.
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