UNICEF: Half a billion children face double the extreme heat their grandparents did

Nearly half a billion children around the world are now living in regions that experience at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents did, according to a new analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This alarming statistic highlights the rapid escalation of extreme heat events, with 1 in 5 children—around 466 million—now exposed to these dangerous conditions every year.

The UNICEF analysis…