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Climate change: half the world’s children are in high-risk areas

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Almost 90% of the world’s children are highly exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution. Image: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Victoria Masterson
Senior Writer, Forum Agenda
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an infographic showing how access to key services increases children’s risk to climate threats.
Lack of access to key services increases children’s risk to climate threats. Image: Children’s Climate Risk Index, UNICEF
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Children in the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria are most at risk from climate change. Image: UNICEF

an infographic showing the overlapping stress hazards children face
For the first time, the report looks at the numbers of children living in areas that experience multiple, overlapping climate hazards. Image: UNICEF

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