Nearly a billion children globally exposed to extremely high water stress: UNICEF report

Category : Climate Change | Location : International  | Posted on 2023-11-16 11:42:32

In 2022, 739 million children worldwide were exposed to high or extremely high water scarcity and 436 million children lived in areas with high or extremely high water vulnerability, according to the UNICEF report released ahead of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to begin in Dubai on November 30.