Environment Ecology and Climate change - Burden of Climate Change on children
A new study found that children born today will be hit much harder by extreme climate events than today’s adults. A child born in 2021 is likely to experience on average twice as many wildfires, 2 to 3 times more droughts, 3 times more river floods and crop failures, and 7 times more heatwaves compared to today’s adult. Data - The study is based on data from the Intersectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP). This is a community-driven climate- impacts modeling initiative that assesses the differential impacts of climate change. ISIMIP data were used alongside country-scale, life-expectancy data, population data, andtemperature trajectories from the IPCC. The study said that the climate burden from our childrens’ shoulders could be reduced on average by 24% globally by Limiting warming to 5 degrees Celsius, Phasing out fossil fuel use, and Increase climate protection from current emission reduction pledges.
