{"id":199,"date":"2021-11-22T09:47:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T09:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=199"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T09:47:43","slug":"the-climate-crisis-is-a-child-rights-crisis-children-s-climate-risk-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"The Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis – Children’s Climate Risk Index"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0418\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0440: WUNRN \u2013 12.09.2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Introducing the Children\u2019s Climate Risk Index<\/em><\/p>\n

Direct Link to Full 128-Page Report:<\/strong> UNICEF-climate-crisis-child-rights-crisis.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

One billion children globally are facing \u201cextreme\u201d risk from the impacts of the climate crisis, experts from Unicef warn. According to a new report from the U.N. body, young people in the Central African Republic, Chad, and Nigeria are most vulnerable to threats to their health, education, and exposure to disease as a direct result of the climate emergency.<\/p>\n

In a new\u00a0report<\/a>, Unicef puts forward a staggering number of one billion children who are to be under \u201cextremely high risk\u201d of climate change impacts. The figure is nearly half of the world\u2019s current child population of 2.2 billion. The report is part of the agency\u2019s first child-focused climate risk index, which analyses children\u2019s risk from a child\u2019s perspective and ranks countries based on children\u2019s exposure and vulnerability to environmental shocks.<\/p>\n

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One billion children in 33 countries are at \u201cextremely high risk\u201d from climate change shocks. (Image: Unicef)<\/em><\/p>\n

One billion children<\/strong><\/p>\n

Examples of these environmental shocks as a result of intensifying climate change include tropical cyclones, hurricanes, heatwaves, and floods, and the index also considers childrens\u2019 ability to withstand these shocks based on access to essential services in their countries.<\/p>\n

Unicef\u2019s index, which estimates that over one billion children are now facing \u201cextremely high risk\u201d, was launched in collaboration with Greta Thunberg\u2019s Fridays for Future campaign, which is now in its third year.<\/p>\n

The one billion children at \u201cextreme\u201d risk of climate change impacts live in 33 countries, with the most vulnerable in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau. These children, according to Unicef, are facing a \u201cdeadly combination of exposure to multiple climate shocks\u2026[and] inadequate essential services, such as water and sanitation, healthcare and education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the landmark\u00a0IPCC report<\/a>\u00a0that signaled a \u201ccode red\u201d for humanity earlier this month, Unicef says that the number of children facing climate risk is \u201clikely to get worse as the impacts of climate change accelerate.\u201d<\/p>\n

A third of children face 4 overlapping climate shocks<\/p>\n

Another stark finding from the report was that 1 in 3 children globally\u2014850 million children\u2014currently live in areas where four climate shocks overlap. One in 7 children live in regions affected by five major shocks at the same time. Overlapping shocks include coastal and riverine flooding and cyclones, vector-borne diseases, lead pollution, water scarcity, and air pollution.<\/p>\n

Water scarcity and air pollution affect the largest number of children globally, with 920 million and one billion considered \u201chighly exposed\u201d to these circumstances respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time, we have a complete picture of where and how children are vulnerable to climate change, and that picture is almost unimaginably dire,\u201d commented Unicef executive director Henrietta Fore.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate and environmental shocks are undermining the complete spectrum of children\u2019s rights, from access to clean air, food and safe water; to education, housing, freedom from exploitation, and even their right to survive. Virtually no child\u2019s life will be unaffected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Climate risk inequality<\/p>\n

Experts at Unicef further highlighted the deep inequities between the countries who generate the most GHG emissions driving the climate crisis, and the regions set to experience the worst impacts most frequently and rapidly.<\/p>\n

Most of the children facing \u201cextremely high risk\u201d are living in countries that have contributed the least to climate change. (Image: Unicef)<\/p>\n

Together, the 33 countries labelled as \u201cextremely high risk\u201d in the Children\u2019s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) are responsible for just 9% of the world\u2019s carbon footprint. By contrast, only one out of the 10 highest-emitting countries accounting for 70% of global emissions were named as one of the \u201cextremely high risk\u201d countries in the index.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate change is deeply inequitable. While no child is responsible for rising global temperatures, they will pay the highest costs,\u201d said Fore. \u201cThe children from countries least responsible will suffer most of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

In light of these findings, the report is urging for decisive action on the part of states and corporations to improve children\u2019s defence against climate shocks by boosting investments into adaptation and resilience services. It also called for a rapid reduction in global GHG emissions in line with the Paris agreement, and to empower children with climate education and a voice at the national and international table in climate-decision making.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is still time to act,\u201d urged Fore.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Fridays for Future activists Farzana Faruk Jhumu, Eric Njuguna, Adriana Calder\u00f3n and Greta Thunberg, said: \u201cWe must acknowledge where we stand, treat climate change like the crisis it is, and act with the urgency required to ensure today\u2019s children inherit a livable planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

1 Billion Children At \u2018Extreme\u2019 Risk Due To Climate Crisis, Unicef Warns (greenqueen.com.hk)<\/a><\/p>\n

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