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Children’s exposure to severe climate disasters rises nearly 50%, analysis finds

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Monday, November 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM · 1 min read
Children’s exposure to severe climate disasters rises nearly 50%, analysis finds — London Business news

LONDON: The number of children exposed to severe climate disasters each year rose nearly 50 percent over the past five years compared with the previous five-year period, according to a Save the Children analysis released on Monday, as world leaders gather for the UN climate conference COP31. An average of 330 million children a year faced severe heat waves, droughts, tropical cyclones and extreme rainfall between January 2022 and September 2026, the organization said. That was up from an annual

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