Nearly all the world’s children exposed to climate hazards, UNICEF warns

Almost all of the world’s children are exposed to at least one climate hazard, with as many as 1.8 billion at risk from droughts and 1.2 billion from extreme heat, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a report on Tuesday.

UNICEF said children were “disproportionately affected” by a range of intensifying climate-related risks and that governments urgently needed to invest in infrastructure, adaptation and disaster management capabilities to reduce their exposure....