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Climate-related disasters have displaced 9.7 million children in the Philippines from 2016 to 2021, making the Southeast Asian country the epicenter of the crisis, according to a new report released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Weather-related disasters are said to have uprooted up to 20,000 children a day during the period, with the true number likely to be higher as many cases went undocumented.
United Nations, Oct 5 (EFE).- Floods and storms forced the displacement of 40.9 million children globally between 2016 and 2021, according to a report published Friday by the United Nations children’s agency. This accounted for 95 percent of the 43.1 million internal displacements of children in 44 countries due to weather-related disasters over the six-year …
River floods alone projected to displace almost 96 million children over next 30 years, new analysis shows.
UNICEF on Friday said that natural disasters exacerbated by climate change have forced millions of children out of their homes in the past six years with the total expected to double in the coming decades.