Promise or peril

What children in the Philippines may be facing in 2050


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Illustration by Janine Kuo

According to UNICEF’s flagship report, State of the World’s Children 2024, more children, globally, will be living in low-income countries, at high risk of climate and environmental hazards and disasters, amid rapid digitization and technologization by 2050. 

 

These three key global shifts—demographic shift, climate change, and frontier technology—can either fill their future with promise or put them in peril. And that all depends on our collective actions today.