Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 14th Nov. UN issued a new report on Monday the Climate Changed Child ahead of the COP28 UN climate change summit in Dubai noted the double burden of dwindling availability and inadequate water for drinking and sanitation services is compounding the challenge, putting children at greater risk.
The report highlighted on the threat facing vulnerable children.
It provides an analysis of the impacts of three tiers of water security water scarcity, water vulnerability, and what’s termed “water stress” (where demand outstrips surface and groundwater supply)
It outlines the myriad ways in which children bear the brunt of the impacts of the climate crisis, including disease, air pollution, and extreme weather events such as floods and droughts.
The agency said that from the moment of conception, child development is impacted by environmental stress factors.
Children are more likely to suffer from air pollution than adults, the report stated.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said that “The consequences of climate change are devastating for children.”
“Their bodies and minds are uniquely vulnerable to polluted air, poor nutrition and extreme heat.
“Not only is their world changing with water sources drying up and terrifying weather events becoming stronger and more frequent, so too is their well-being as climate change affects their mental and physical health. Children are demanding change, but their needs are far too often relegated to the sidelines.”
According to the report the largest number of youngsters are exposed in the Middle East and North Africa and South Asia regions.
They live in places with limited water resources and high levels of seasonal and inter annual variability, groundwater decline or drought risk.
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