Over 19 million kids in Bangladesh at risk from climate change
Down To Earth || Kiran Pandey, Madhumita Paul || 05 April 2019
UNICEF report says nearly 86% of these children living in 17 districts are under threat from floods and cyclones
More than 19 million children in Bangladesh, from 20 of the country’s 64 districts, are most vulnerable to the disastrous consequences of climate change, warned the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a new report.
Over five million of them are under the age of five and the changing climate is already undermining their lives and diminishing their prospects for a better future. Children staying on the coastline facing the Bay of Bengal and several more remote inland areas are the most vulnerable, notes the report. Read more