The Climate Changed Child report

• The Climate Changed Child report was recently released by UNICEF.
• It provides an analysis of the impacts of three tiers of water security globally – water scarcity, water vulnerability, and water stress.
• The report is a supplement to the UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk (2021).

MAJOR FINDINGS

• About half of the world’s children (953 million) were exposed to high or extremely high water stress in 2022.
• 1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse
• Further, the double burden of dwindling water availability and inadequate drinking water and sanitation services is compounding the challenge, putting children at even greater risk.
• India, Niger, Eritrea, Yemen, and Burkina Faso had the highest overall child exposure to high or extremely high-water vulnerability.

ABOUT UNICEF

• United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established in 1946 to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that were devastated by World War II.
• UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953.
• UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories, providing assistance to children and their families in areas such as health and nutrition, education, child protection, water, sanitation, and hygiene.
• Headquarters- New York, USA.
• It is governed by an Executive Board consisting of 36 members that are elected to terms of three years by the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council.