In Mali, Niger and Senegal, children face temperatures above 35°C for more than half the year.
In eight countries, including Mali, Niger and Senegal, children now endure scorching temperatures above 35°C for over half the year, UNICEF reports.
A new analysis by UNICEF reveals that 466 million children worldwide – one in five – now live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extremely hot days annually compared to just 60 years ago.
Based on a comparison of average temperatures in the 1960s and those for the period 2020-2024, the analysis provides a stark warning about the speed and scale at which extremely hot days, defined as days when temperatures exceed 35 degrees Celsius, are increasing. Many of the children affected are deprived of the infrastructure and services to cope…
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