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Children are more vulnerable to heat-related illnesses as they are less able to regulate their body temperature than adults. | World News

Looking ahead, Unicef projects that by 2050, all two billion children worldwide will be exposed to high heat wave frequency, regardless of greenhouse gas emission scenarios. - Newsx

More than 243 million children across East Asia and the Pacific are at risk of heat-related illnesses and death, as the region braces for a summer with record heat in the coming months, according to a United Nations agency.

Millions of children in East Asia and the Pacific face heat-related risks this summer, prompting UNICEF warnings. Learn how to protect them from heat illnesses

Warnings over more intense and frequent heat waves are especially worrying in the region. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Global monitors have warned that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record

A €13m initiative launched by the EU and United Nations aims to bolster the rights of women migrant workers and children in SE Asia.

BANGKOK  – New data released by UNICEF reveals an alarming increase in civilian casualties – including many children – caused by the use of landmines and other explosive ordnance used by different parties in the escalating conflict in Myanmar.Data re

YANGON: The number of civilian casualties, including children, who were killed or maimed by landmines and explosive ordnance in Myanmar more than doubled last year to 1,052, the UN children’s agency said on Thursday, as conflict raged in the impoverished country.

UN children’s agency says more than 20 percent of the victims were children.