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UNICEF report warns children could face eight times more heatwaves in 2050 than in 2000

UNICEF has alerted in its latest report that children could face eight times more heatwaves in 2050 than what was faced in 2000.

Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports

Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

Heatwaves, high temperatures threatening young lives in South Asia, warns UNICEF

Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high temperature compared to only one in three globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, urging authorities to do more to help them beat the heat.

Young people reconsidering parenthood due to climate change, UNICEF poll reveals

New York: Climate change is forcing nearly half of young Africans to rethink their plans to have children someday, a global poll conducted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed, underlining their uncertainty about the future of a planet in crisis. 

Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report

New York: Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in danger, and are a much greater threat than violence itself, warns the UN Children’s agency, UNICEF, in a report released on Tuesday.

‘Make peace with nature’, UN chief urges at Ocean Decade launch

New York: January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday, launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through the next ten years.

UNICEF: Time is of the essence, as water shortages compound desperate situation in Beirut

New York: Risk of water-borne diseases is rising in Beirut, in the aftermath of the devastating explosion in early August, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned, calling for urgent action to ensure families and responders have access to safe water and sanitation.