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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nick Ferris

UN warns vulnerable children ‘falling through cracks’ in UK climate aid

A mother and her children stand outside their tent in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in drought-stricken Baidoa, Somalia. The East African country is among those experiencing major UK aid cuts over the next few years - (Fredrik Lerneryd/Save the Children)

Aid cuts mean children around the world who are facing some of the biggest climate challenges are falling “through the cracks” of the UK’s development agenda, the UN has warned.

A new analysis from the UK Committee for Unicef (Unicef UK) plots cuts to UK aid programmes against scores recorded in Unicef’s recently updated Global Child Hazard Database, which tracks how the world’s 1.1 billion children are exposed to climate threats – including droughts, extreme heat, cyclones, and floods – in different locations.

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