Climate risk index warns of threats to children’s health, welfare
The first Children's Climate Risk Index (CCRI) has reported that nearly two million Cambodian children are facing climate change-related threats, especially floods, droughts and heat waves.
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It highlights the risks to children's health, education and protection caused by climate and environmental hazards such as riverine floods, droughts, heat, high wind speeds and vector-borne diseases. The index also offers actionable recommendations to strengthen resilience and ensure children are at the heart of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies.
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The CCRI's key findings include nearly two million children - over one third of the country's youth - live in areas with a high or very high climate risk, primarily in rural areas and about one third of children face high exposure to drought conditions.
Nearly half of the children in the country are vulnerable to riverine floods.
The CCRI reveals that the most vulnerable children live in communes in the north-eastern region, around the Tonle Sap Lake and in the plains.
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