FILE PHOTO: Children play in a portable swimming pool, offering respite from the summer heat for residents who are unable to afford travelling to the beaches along the Mediterranean Sea to cool off, during a heat wave, in Manshiyet Nasser shanty town, Al-Duwayqa, in Cairo, Egypt, Aug 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo
Almost all of the world's children are exposed to at least one climate hazard, with as many as 1.8 billion put in danger by droughts and 1.2 billion by extreme heat, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a report on Tuesday.
UNICEF said children were "disproportionately affected" by a range of intensifying climate-related risks and governments urgently needed to invest in infrastructure, adaptation and disaster management capabilities to reduce their exposure.
Here are some of the details of UNICEF's Children's Climate Risk Report.
The report looked at a broad range of climate hazards, as well as the impact of air pollution and the risks of vector-borne diseases like malaria. It also factored in data about access to water, healthcare and social services across the world.
