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UNICEF has said in a new report that children around the world might face the impact of climate change on the planet.
The report said that half a billion children are residing in areas that are at extremely high risk of flood occurrence and 160 million live in high drought zones and this leaves them venerable to impacts of climate change. The report also said that out of 530 million children in the flood-prone zones, about 300 million live in countries in which more than half of the population lives below poverty line or lesthan $3.10 a day.
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said that the high number of children venerable to impacts of climate change makes it an urgent issue. Lake said, “Today's children are the least responsible for climate change, but they, and their children, are the ones who will live with its consequences. And as is so often the case, disadvantaged communities face the gravest threat.”
Experts have said that climate change may result in more droughts, floods, heatwaves and other severe weather conditions. These conditions may also cause malnutrition, malaria and diarrhoea among children.
The world leaders will gather in Paris from November 30 to December 11 for the upcoming 21st UN climate change conference, known as COP21to reach agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
