JAKARTA -- Children in Vietnam, the Philippines and other Asian nations face growing risks from natural disasters resulting from climate change, a UNICEF report found, showing a need to develop infrastructure to minimize the impacts.
According to the report, "Over the Tipping Point," published in May, 204 million children -- 41% of those under age 18 in the East Asia and Pacific region, from Mongolia and China to Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia and the Pacific island nations -- face five or more types of shocks and stresses related to climate change, greater than the global average of 14%.
