
Nearly Half of the World’s Children Face a Dangerous Triple Threat from Climate Change, UNICEF Warns
Nearly half of the world’s children—an estimated 1.1 billion boys and girls—are now exposed to at least three overlapping climate and environmental hazards, according to UNICEF’s newly released Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026. The report paints a sobering picture of childhood in an era of intensifying climate disruption, where extreme














