UNICEF reports that extreme climate events disrupted the schooling of 242 million students in 85 countries in 2024, putting an additional 20 million at risk of dropping out. A new report warns that the global economy could face a 50 percent decline in GDP if immediate action is not taken to address the growing climate crisis.
January 29, 2025 12:31 pmTheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straight-to-the-point explanations.United Nations International Children’s Emergency FundThe organisation said at least 242 million students — from pre-primary to upper secondary education — in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in the same year.
UNICEF added that over 107 million children in Africa are already out of school, and that climate-related disruptions in 2024 put an additional 20 million children at risk of dropping out.glaciers and ice sheets hold abouttheir rapid loss depicts an urgent environmental and humanitarian crisis.
The report said planetary ecosystem is threatened by climate change and nature loss and that the world’s GDP could contract by 50 percent between 2070 and 2090.
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