Nearly half the world's children exposed to three or more climate risks: UNICEF

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More than 1 billion children worldwide face at least three overlapping climate hazards simultaneously, according to a UNICEF warning released Monday. The agency found that nearly half of all children experience multiple compounding climate risks, from extreme heat and flooding to air pollution and water scarcity, with vulnerability concentrated unevenly across regions. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia bear disproportionate exposure. The report underscores how climate hazards don't hit children in isolation but rather stack upon one another, amplifying danger for the world's most vulnerable populations.