Children Born After 2020 Will Experience Up To 7 Times More Extreme Climate Events.<br />According to a new study, Children born in 2020 will experience two to seven times as many extreme climate events than those born in 1960.<br />The study, published in the journal Science, warns that extreme weather events are expected to continue rising in frequency, intensity and duration.<br />The study's authors warn that this leaves children of younger generations facing a "severe threat" to their safety.<br />The study took into account extreme climate events such as heat waves, droughts, crop failures, floods, wildfires and tropical cyclones. .<br />Researchers used recent data from a 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.<br />That report included information on global life expectancy, population trends and projected trajectories of global temperatures.<br />The forecasts for how these events could drastically impact younger generations were startling.<br />The scientists compared a person born in 1960 to a child who was six years old in 2020.<br />The six-year-old will experience twice as many cyclones and wildfires, three times as many river floods, four times as many crop failures and five times as many droughts.<br />Heat waves, though, will be the most prevalent extreme climate event, with 36 times as many occurring for the six-year-old.<br />The study shows that extreme weather events could affect younger generations in various regions of the world differently.<br />People who were younger than 25 years old by 2020 in the Middle East and North Africa will likely experience more exposure to extreme climate events compared to other regions.<br />The researchers say overall, younger generations living in lower income countries will experience the worsening climate at a higher rate than their peers in wealthier countries.<br />The data from the study show how limiting the increase in global warming and adapting policies that align with the Paris Climate Accords are beneficial, the researchers argue.<br />But even then, younger generations are still left with "unprecedented extreme event exposure," they write
