August 26, 2026

Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year

Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year
Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year
Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year
Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year
Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year
Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year

🌍✨ Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year

Why we’re watching: Print article Share More than 40% of children under the age of 10 globally are already experiencing at least 20 additional “heat-stress days” due to climate change.

This is according to a new attribution study, published in Science Advances, which combines climate models with demographic data to assess the age groups and regions that are exposed to the most hot, humid days. 💚

The study finds that children up to the age of nine already face more additional heat-stress days globally as a result of climate change than any other age group.  It adds that south Asia and west Africa are recording the greatest childhood exposure to dan…

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  • 📌 Key signal: Print article Share More than 40% of children under the age of 10 globally are already experiencing at least 20 additional “heat-stress…
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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Carbon Brief.