United Nations warns Extreme heat threat to health of 500 Million children
One in five children or 466 million live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared with their grandparents’ generation, according to a UNICEF analysis released on Wednesday. Extreme heat is increasing, disrupting children’s health, well-being and daily routines,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.
The study compared averages in the 1960s with the period 2020-2024, measuring the days which exceeded 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
It presents a stark warning over the speed and scale at which such days are increasing for almost half a billion children worldwide many without the infrastructure or services to endure it.
In examining country-level data, the analysis also found that in 16 countries, childr...