Climate Change | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

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The silent killer: over 100 daily deaths of children under five linked to air pollution in East Asia and the Pacific

A new UNICEF analysis reveals staggering impact of toxic air on millions of children, urging immediate action to protect their health and future

Almost half a billion children live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents – UNICEF

In Canada, children are more frequently exposed to extremely hot temperatures as heatwave frequency has doubled compared to 60 years ago.

Over 6 million children at risk as deadly floods lash across South Asia

Statement by Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, urges countries to safeguard children as torrential rain predicted in coming weeks

A group of people, including women and children, walk with water containers on their heads along a narrow, muddy path flanked by water in a rural setting.

Wildfires raging across Canada can put children's health in danger, UNICEF warns

UNICEF Canada brings together experts to highlight the unique impacts of wildfires on children

Almost 1 Million People in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, and Somalia Affected as Unprecedented Heavy Rains Continue to Wreak Havoc in Eastern Africa

UNICEF and other humanitarian agencies are stepping up life-saving emergency relief to children and affected communities.

UNICEF calls for urgent action to save Pakistan’s children on the frontlines of climate change

On Earth Day, Statement by Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, on the damaging impact of climate change and pollution on children

Children seen on the street in the inundated region of Geokaloi Village in the Southern Pakistani province of Sindh.

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden at the conclusion of COP28

The COP28 climate negotiations generated welcome breakthroughs on both the urgent need to address the root causes of climate change – fossil fuels – and some glimmers of hope for breakthroughs of climate justice for children.

On 4th March 2023, boys look out over their flooded school in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan.

Only half of young people able to identify correct definition of climate change – UNICEF, Gallup

Findings highlight urgent need to protect and invest in children, including in climate education, in decisions at COP28

On 6 December 2023, UNICEF Youth Advocates brief press during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at Expo City Dubai in United Arab Emirates.

Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children

Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released today by United Nations (UN) agencies ahead of the global Conference of the Parties (COP28) negotiations on climate change in Dubai.

A mother works in the fields with her six-month baby in South Punjab Province.

Children in 98 per cent of African countries at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change: UNICEF

New report reveals, despite the risks, only 2.4 per cent of global climate funding targets children.

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