During an exclusive recording launched when world leaders assembled yesterday in Paris, France, for the high-level section of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), a unique weather report was read by UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador and global pop star Katy Perry for gaining attention toward the shocking effects of the phenomenon on the children worldwide.

In a news release issued by UNICEF, Ms. Perry said, “Droughts, floods, and other weather conditions are putting children at increased risk of disease and malnutrition, and destroying their families’ livelihoods. The worst part is some of the youngest and most vulnerable citizens of world are bearing most unfair burden of climate change”.

In the weather report read by Ms. Perry, she highlighted the severe weather patterns that have been emerging worldwide, forcing millions of children and families to escape their homes.

A report launched by UNICEF in November suggested that more than half a billion children live in regions that face quite high flood occurrence and 160 million are living in high drought severity zones.

The report has also disclosed that of the 530 million children living in flood-prone zones, nearly 300 million are present in nations where over 50% population staying in poverty, living on less than $3.10 per day, and among the ones living in high drought severity regions, 50 million are in nations where over 50% population survives in poverty.