Extreme heat increasingly disrupting child health—UNICEF

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One in five children–or 466 million― live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot

“Extreme heat is increasing, disrupting children’s health, wellbeing and daily routines,” said UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell. It presents a stark warning over the speed and scale at which such days are increasing for almost half a billion children worldwide, many without the infrastructure or services to endure it.

In South Sudan, for example, children are living through a yearly average of 165 extremely hot days this decade, compared to 110 days in the 1960s, while in Paraguay, it has jumped to 71 days from 36.

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