UNICEF: A Gathering Storm. Climate change clouds the future of children in Bangladesh

29 April 2019

Devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change are threatening the lives and futures of more than 19 million children in Bangladesh, UNICEF said earlier this month.

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The UNICEF report, A Gathering Storm: Climate change clouds the future of children in Bangladesh, points out that Bangladesh’s flat topography, dense population and weak infrastructure make it uniquely vulnerable to the powerful and unpredictable forces that climate change is compounding. The threat is felt from the flood and drought-prone lowlands in the country’s north to its storm-ravaged coastline along the Bay of Bengal.

 

Access the report A Gathering Storm: Climate change clouds the future of children in Bangladesh here.

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