Climate change threatens 19 million Bangladesh childrens’ lives, future: UNICEF report | World News, The Indian Express

Climate change threatens 19 million Bangladesh childrens’ lives, future: UNICEF report | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Dhaka/bangladesh |Published: April 5, 2019 8:59:47 am

Climate change threatens 19 million Bangladesh childrens’ lives, future: UNICEF report

The report says that because of the impact of climate, families across Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation crisscrossed by more than 130 rivers, have migrated to big cities from villages after losing their livelihoods to increasing salinity in arable land, flooding, or river bank erosion.

The UNICEF report said the tally includes Rohingya refugee children from Myanmar who are living in squalid camps in southern Bangladesh. (Photo: AP/File)

The lives and futures of more than 19 million Bangladeshi children are at risk from the colossal impact of devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change, according to a report by the United Nations children’s agency released Friday.