UNICEF says 1.1 billion children face climate hazards (opens in new tab)

UNICEF said in its Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026 that about 1.1 billion children — nearly half of the world’s children — are exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards that threaten health, education and survival. The agency compared where roughly 2.4 billion children live with the geographic distribution of eight climate hazards: coastal flooding, river flooding, drought, tropical storms, heat waves, extreme heat, wildfires and sandstorms. The report said almost all children...