Study says climate change is adding dangerous heat exposure for 560 million children
A new analysis says hundreds of millions of children now face at least one extra month of harmful heat each year because of warming.
Climate change is exposing about 560 million children to at least one additional month of dangerous heat each year, according to a new study published on Thursday. The researchers said the rising temperatures are creating a serious health risk for young people around the world.
The analysis links the added heat stress to human-driven warming rather than normal weather variation. It says children are especially vulnerable because their bodies are less able to cope with prolonged high temperatures.
The findings add to a growing body of research on how climate change is affecting health, with heat among the most immediate threats. The study focuses on the scale of exposure rather than on a single country or event.
The report was published by Euronews, citing the study's estimate of the number of children affected and the extra month of heat they face each year.
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