US EditionClimate Change Will Push Nearly Six Million Children and Young People Into Poverty in Latin America.
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UNICEF and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Celpac) are concerned about the impact of climate change on the socio-economic lives of young people. According to a new study, nearly 6 million children, adolescents and young people under the age of 25 could be pushed to poverty in Latin America by 2030. The figure could triple if countries fail to comply with their climate plans under the Paris Agreement.
PANAMA (EFE).- Between 5.9 million and more than 27 million children and young people up to 25 years of age would fall into poverty by 2030 due to the climate crisis in Latin America, alerts this Wednesday a UN report that analyzes the scenarios that the region would face, depending on the climate action that countries develop. It is the report ‘The impact of climate change on child and youth poverty in Latin America’, published by the United Na…
Report from UNICEF and ECLAC points out that climate change affects young people and children “disproportionately,” because they are “more vulnerable” and “have less capacity to withstand and survive extreme weather conditions such as floods, droughts, storms and heat waves.” Agencies. Panama City.8/2025. Climate change will cause at least six million Latin Americans and Caribbeans under the age of 25 to fall into poverty by 2030, two United Nat…
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A new report by two United Nations (UN) agencies warns that climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into poverty by 2030 unless governments act now. The finding comes in a report by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), published on Thursday in Panama. “Even worse, the number could triple if countries do …
Photo: UNICEF Mexico City Disinform ourselves. At least 5.9 million children, adolescents and young people in Latin America could fall into poverty by 2030 due to the impact of climate change, warned the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a report. The report analyzes how extreme weather events directly affect children and youth. In addition, it notes that without r…
About 6 million children and more than 27 million young people up to the age of 25 will live indigenously...
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