Explained: The burden of climate change on children born today

In a study published in the journal Science, researchers have found that children born today will be hit much harder by extreme climate events than today’s adults. During his or her lifetime, a child born in 2021 is likely to experience on average twice as many wildfires, two to three times more droughts, almost three times more river floods and crop failures and about seven times more heatwaves compared to a person who is, say, 60 years old today, the researchers have found. #Leher #LeherNGO #childrights #ClimateChange #Children