The climate crisis is also a child rights crisis as it impacts nutrition and learning, UNICEF India Representative Cynthia McCaffrey said on Tuesday. "We call climate crisis a 'child rights crisis'....Today, one billion children around the world live in an extremely high-risk environment area," McCaffrey told PTI on the sidelines of Mumbai Climate Week. ADVERTISEMENTWhen there are droughts or floods, or food can not be produced locally, children's nutrition suffers, said McCaffrey. Climate events are interrupting schools, and in 2024, as many as 24.2 crore children around the world had an interruption of schools due to natural calamities, noted McCaffrey. Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.

Source: The Telegraph February 17, 2026 18:42 UTC