Unicef report highlights climate risks for children

India is projected to house 350 million children by 2050, accounting for 15 per cent of the global child population, as per Unicef’s new report. The report State of the World’s Children 2024 looks ahead to 2050 and examines three...

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Updated At : 06:42 AM Nov 23, 2024 IST

India is projected to house 350 million children by 2050, accounting for 15 per cent of the global child population, as per Unicef’s new report.

The report State of the World’s Children 2024 looks ahead to 2050 and examines three global megatrends-demographic shifts, climate and environmental crises, and frontier technologies-that are anticipated to fundamentally reshape children’s lives, rights.It says that climate change hazards risks like extreme heat, floods, droughts and air pollution will expose children to risk.

The report projects that by 2050, the global child population will stabilise around 2.3 billion.