Published 2 years ago

Climate change puts a billion children at 'extremely high risk'

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Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms. More than one-third of the world's children, some 820 million, are currently exposed to heatwaves. Water scarcity affected 920 million children worldwide, while diseases such as malaria and dengue affected 600 million.

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News18 India

Climate Change Puts 1 Billion Children at 'Extreme High Risk': Watchdog

The KidsRights index, based on figures supplied by UN agencies, also said more than one-third of the world's children, some 820 million, were currently exposed to heatwaves

2 years ago·India

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NDTV

1 Billion Children At "Extremely High Risk" Due To Climate Change: Report

Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, adding that youths' living standards failed to improve in the last decade.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

Climate change puts 1 billion children at 'extreme risk': Report

Climate Change: The KidsRights index, based on figures supplied by UN agencies, also said more than one-third of the world's children, some 820 million, were currently exposed to heatwaves. | World News

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Le Parisien

The effects of climate change threaten one billion children

The non-governmental organization (NGO) KidsRights also estimates that the Covid-19 pandemic has indirectly caused the deaths of 286,000 people under the age of 5.

2 years ago·Paris, France

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Medical Xpress

Climate change puts 1 bn children at 'extreme risk': watchdog

Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, adding that youths' living standards failed to improve in the last decade.

2 years ago

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France24

Climate change puts a billion children at 'extremely high risk'

Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, adding that youths' living standards failed to improve in the last decade.

2 years ago·France

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