UN says children in Africa at high risk of impacts of climate change

NAIROBI, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Children in Africa are among the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, with only 2.4 percent of the global climate funding targeting the youngest, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report launched on Friday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

The report, released ahead of the Africa Climate Summit to be held in Nairobi on Sept. 4-6, said children are woefully neglected by the key climate financing flows required to help them adapt, survive, and respond to the climate crisis.