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According to l‘Unicefair pollution is the second leading risk factor for death globally for children under five, after malnutrition. The United Nations agency revealed that approximately 1 billion children, equal to almost half of the 2.2 billion children in the world, live in one of the 33 countries classified as “extremely high risk” for climate change. The data, released on the occasion of the opening of the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, highlight the urgency of addressing this growing problem.
Unicef also highlighted that further 420,000 children are currently suffering the effects of record drought in the Amazon region. Additionally, 1 in 5 children, or 466 million children, live in areas that experience at least double the number of extreme heat days each year compared to sixty years ago. Extreme heat has devastating consequences, including an increase in premature births and stillbirths. In particular, the probability of stillbirth increases by 5% for every degree Celsius increase in temperature.
Unicef continues to raise the alarm on the need for urgent interventions to protect children’s health and stem the damage caused by climate change and air pollution.
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