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242 Mn Children's Schooling Disrupted By Climate Shocks In 2024: UNICEF

A teacher works inside an empty classroom after in-person classes were suspended due to dangerous heat in Iloilo City, central Philippines on April 2, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year -- roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring an "overlooked" aspect of the climate crisis.

Heat waves had the biggest impact, the report showed, as UNICEF's executive director Catherine Russell warned children are "more vulnerable" to extreme weather.

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