UN official calls for action to shield children from climate disasters

At least 27.7 million children had been affected this year by floods and other climate change-related catastrophic events that occurred in 27 countries worldwide, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said on Tuesday.

These children had been exposed to a multitude of threats including death by drowning, disease outbreaks, lack of safe drinking water, malnutrition, disruption in learning, and violence, Xinhua quoted the organisation as saying...