AnyTV News Weather hit! 25 crore children could not go to school in 2024, know how will it be in 2050?

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Effect of baby and weather (symbolic photo)

Unicef Report: A report of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has been revealed. This report of UNICEF said shocking things. The report said that last year, due to bad weather (heatwave, floods, cyclones, excessive rain), school education of about 242 million or 24 million 20 lakh children has been disrupted in 85 countries. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said that children are more sensitive about the weather and have an impact on them.

Children are affected by the change in weather

Catherine Russell said that children are rapidly affected due to weather changes compared to elders. Children are unable to focus in class due to scorching heat. If the water is flooded on the way or the school is washed away, then they are unable to reach the school. He said that education is one of the services that are most often interrupted due to climate hazards. Russell said that despite all this, this problem is often ignored in policy discussions.

Such are the situation

All reports show that classes have to be postponed due to heatwaves, cyclones, floods and other seasonal activities, have to extend holidays, have been delayed in opening schools, even schools have been damaged or destroyed. At least 171 million children have been affected by the heatwave. In April, 118 million children have been affected by heatwave in April due to a lot of temperatures in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Thailand and Philippines. Thousands of schools were closed during the summer in the Philippines, as these schools did not have AC. Classes were canceled in 18 countries due to disastrous storm Yagi in East Asia and Pacific region.

This is the situation in South Asia

South Asia was the most affected area due to climate, where 128 million school children were affected. Heatwaves in India affected the maximum 54 million children. Whereas, 35 million children in Bangladesh were affected by heatweight. This figure is likely to increase further in the coming years due to increase in temperature. Half of the world’s children (about one billion) are living in countries where the risk of climate change is high.

How will the situation be in 2050?

According to UNICEF estimates, if the emission of greenhouse gases continues in the same way, in 2050, eight times more children will face heatwave from today. More than three times people will be in the grip of severe floods and 1.7 times more people. UNICEF has called for investment in classes that are more resistant to climate hazards.