Climate disasters displaced 43.1 million children in six years

Disasters caused by climate change have displaced more than 43 million children worldwide, Unicef ​​revealed this Friday, October 6, 2023. In a new report, the organization points to the uprooting of tens of millions of children between 2016 and 2021 due to floods, storms, droughts and uncontrolled fires… In just six years, climate disasters have caused 43.1 million displaced children. The impressive figure was revealed by Unicef ​​in a new report published this Friday, October 6, 2023, which warns of the humanitarian consequences of global warming, which is causing an increase in extreme weather events. The UN agency assessed “the number of children who were forced to flee their homes between 2016 and 2021 due to floods, storms, droughts and uncontrolled fires,” all in “44 countries.” (Leo ROUSSEL)

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