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Poor children are main victims of global climate change, says UN
Millions of the world's poorest children are among the principal victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Monday, calling for urgent action.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:00 April 29, 2008
London: Millions of the world's poorest children are among the principal victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Monday, calling for urgent action.
The Unicef report "Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility" measured action on targets set in the UN Millennium Development Goals, aimed at halving child poverty by 2015.
It found failure on counts from health to survival, education and gender equality.
"It is clear that a failure to address climate change is a failure to protect children," said Unicef UK director David Bull.
The report said climate change could add 40,000-160,000 child deaths a year in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa through lower economic growth.
It also noted that if temperatures rose by two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, up to 200 million people globally would face hunger.
The Unicef report said economic damage due to climate change would force parents to withdraw children from schools - often the only place they are guaranteed at least one meal a day - to fetch water and fuel instead.
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