242 mn children's schooling disrupted by climate shocks in 2024: UNICEF
United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 24, 2025
Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year - roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was an "overlooked" aspect of the climate crisis. Heat waves had the biggest impact, the report showed, as UNICEF's executive director Catherine Russell warned children are "more vulnerable" to ext