The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the Front Line
Published By: | Published Date: January, 01 , 2014The challenge of climate change is huge; it requires an urgent response from all generations. As the effects of climate change become more visible and extreme, they are likely to affect adversely the lives of children and adolescents all over the world. For example, families that lose their livelihoods to drought will be less able to afford the costs of schooling or health care. Over 99 per cent of deaths already attributable to climate-related changes occur in developing countries. Diseases may spread especially diseases that threaten children more than adults, such as malaria and diarrhoea.
Author(s): United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | Posted on: Dec 17, 2015 | Views()