Asia's child exploitation risk worsened by climate change, UN expert warns - Nikkei Asia

Asia's child exploitation risk worsened by climate change, UN expert warns - Nikkei Asia

JAKARTA -- The risk of child exploitation increases when children are displaced due to climate disasters, a senior official of UNICEF warned, as several Asian nations are predicted to have high numbers of displaced persons in the coming decades.

In a recent interview with Nikkei Asia, Rachel Harvey, the UN agency's child protection adviser for the East Asia and Pacific region, said weather-related disasters can exacerbate or expose children to serious risks, such as exploitation, trafficking and violence. She called for public measures to protect them as climate change intensifies.