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Toll predicted to worsen as floods, storms, droughts and wildfires intensify due to global warming, first global analysis finds
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Kuala Lumpur: Climate scientists had predicted that by the year 2030, approximately 25 per cent of Malaysia’s population could be displaced due to the impacts of climate change, according to an analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).
Weather-related disasters led to 43.1 million displacements of children over six years
Based on current climate data, flooding has the potential to displace nearly 96 million children over the next 30 years.