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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Weather disasters fueled by climate change \u2014 from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires \u2014 sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children\u2019s Fund warned Thursday, slamming the lack of attention paid to victims.<\/p>\n

In a sweeping report on the issue, the United Nations agency detailed the heart-wrenching stories of some of the children affected, and co-author Laura Healy told AFP the data only revealed the \u201ctip of the iceberg,\u201d with many more likely affected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe moved our belongings to the highway, where we lived for weeks,\u201d recounts Sudanese child Khalid Abdul Azim, whose flooded village was only accessible by boat.<\/p>\n

In 2017, sisters Mia and Maia Bravo watched flames engulf their trailer in California from the back of the family minivan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was afraid, in shock,\u201d Maia says in the report. \u201cI would stay up all night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Statistics on internal displacements caused by climate disasters generally do not account for the age of the victims.<\/p>\n

But UNICEF worked with the non-governmental Internal Displacement Monitoring Center to unpick the data and reveal the hidden toll on children.<\/p>\n

From 2016 to 2021, four types of climate disasters (floods, storms, droughts and wildfires) \u2014 the frequency of which has increased due to global warming \u2014 led to 43.1 million child displacements in 44 countries, the report says.<\/p>\n

Ninety-five percent of those displacements were caused by floods and storms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the equivalent of about 20,000 child displacements every day,\u201d Healy told AFP, underscoring how the children affected are then at risk of suffering other traumas, such as being separated from their parents or falling victim to child traffickers.<\/p>\n

The data reflect the number of displacements and not the number of children affected, as the same child could be uprooted more than once.<\/p>\n

The figures do not allow for a distinction between those evacuated before a weather event, and those forced to leave in the wake of a disaster.<\/p>\n

And, according to Healy, the number of displacements due to drought is \u201cradically underreported,\u201d because they are less sudden and thus more difficult to quantify.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just the tip of the iceberg based on the available data that we have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is with the impacts of climate change, or better tracking of displacement when it comes to slow onset events, that the number of children who are uprooted from their homes is going to be much greater.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Far too slowly\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n

The UNICEF report offers some partial predictions, for specific events.<\/p>\n

Floods linked to overflowing rivers could spark 96 million child displacements in the next 30 years, while cyclonic winds could force 10.3 million displacements, it says. Storms surges could lead to 7.2 million displacements.<\/p>\n

None of those estimates include preventive evacuations.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those who are forced to flee, the fear and impact can be especially devastating, with worry of whether they will return home, resume school, or be forced to move again,\u201d UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoving may have saved their lives, but it\u2019s also very disruptive,\u201d Russell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the impacts of climate change escalate, so too will climate-driven movement. We have the tools and knowledge to respond to this escalating challenge for children, but we are acting far too slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n

UNICEF called on world leaders to take up the issue at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in November and December.<\/p>\n

Healy says children, including those already forced to move, must be prepared \u201cto live in a climate change world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if the intensifying effects of climate change are affecting wide swathes of the planet, the UNICEF report shines the light on particularly vulnerable countries.<\/p>\n

China, India and the Philippines are the countries with the largest number of displacements (nearly 23 million in six years) because of their huge populations and their geographic locations \u2014 but also because of their preventive evacuation plans.<\/p>\n

But in proportional terms, Africa and small island nations are most at risk \u2014 in Dominica, 76 percent of all children were displaced from 2016 to 2021. For Cuba and Saint-Martin, that figure was more than 30 percent.<\/p>\n

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