Climate change and the future of children

 Climate change and the future of children 2023

Climate change and the future of children

Times are changing, the environmentenvironment is also changing but the danger is that this change looks negative instead of positive. 

Today's children suffer from higher temperatures, air pollution and lack of hygiene than their parents did in their childhood. When this generation grows up, its next generation will be facing more environmental disasters and accidents.

This literally means that if we do not take action now, all those science fiction stories will come true in which a ruined, desolate and famine-ridden world is shown and there is a group of human beings longing for water and vegetables. Global temperatures are higher today than in the past, so it would be fair to say that infants born today are not congenitally immune to the effects of climate change. The damage it causes will last a lifetime and if public health is not improved, the entire generation could fall ill.

Perhaps with this in mind, the European Investment Bank has partnered with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to protect children from the effects of climate change.climate change. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the two sides, which will ensure increased investment in quality education and skills training for vulnerable children.

The European Investment Bank and UNICEF will promote climate change initiatives and financial innovation in community-based schools and healthcare facilities. The investment aims to increase funding for long-term clean water, sanitation and health infrastructure projects. Pilot projects will soon be launched in Europe, Central Asia and South and East Africa.

The European Investment Bank's social agenda aims to maximize the future of children and young people, to save them from poverty, and to provide them with the skills and training they need to move into a brighter future and digital age. Will Supporting education, providing decent employment and tackling climate change is of paramount importance for young people globally. Utilizing UNICEF's expertise and operational capabilities, the European Investment Bank stands ready to play its part in improving comprehensive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for children and youth around the world.

Pakistan and air pollution

The Air Quality Index is a measure of the amount of chemical gases, chemical components, dust particles and invisible chemical particles in air pollution called particulate matter. These particles are divided into two levels, PM2.5 and PM10, based on their volume. PM2.5 particles are so small that they not only enter your body through breathing but also enter the bloodstream running in your veins. In the World Air Quality Report 2018, Pakistan was ranked second among Asian countries with the most polluted cities in the world and especially in South Asia.

Bangladesh emerges as the most polluted country on average, followed by Pakistan, India, the Middle East, Afghanistan and Mongolia. The ranking of the "most polluted cities" shows that South Asian countries dominate the list of the most polluted cities, with 50 cities in India, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh having the most air pollution in the world. Cities can't do it together. The report said that several cities in the Middle East region also have high levels of air pollution, such as Kuwait City, Dubai and Manama where pollution from the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines is more than 500 percent.

What can children do?

When we talk about the future of children in terms of air pollution, it seems that it would be better if children were given the responsibility to make their future green. Since children are passionate and passionate about everything, why not make them aware of air pollution at school level and encourage them to plant trees. Every school going child should be given an assignment to plant a tree as a project and the teachers should supervise them and support the children with the same enthusiasm as the children do their assignment.

Once upon a time, inter-science students were given NCC training, similarly children should be given tree planting training for ten days every year and 10 to 20 marks should be included in their mark sheet. In this way the future of children will be doubled and the growth of trees will reduce air pollution and temperature and we will not have to bear the losses due to climate change.