About:
- Protracted conflicts, the worsening climate crisis, a decline in mental health, mass migration and online misinformation are some of the most concerning emerging global threats to children.
- Majority of children will grow up as natives of a digital environment saturated with online misinformation. For example, so-called ‘deep fake’ technology uses artificial intelligence techniques to create convincing fakes of audio and video content, relatively easily.
According to UNICEF, here are eight reasons why It is worried for future of world’s children:
- Children’s need clean water, clean air and a safe climate
- One in four Children is likely to live, and learn, in conflict and disaster zones
- We must make it OK to talk about mental health
- Over 30 million of Children have migrated from their place of birth
- Thousands of Children will officially never exist, unless we act
- Children need twenty-first century skills for a twenty-first century economy
- Their digital footprint must be protected
- They might be the least trusting generation of citizens ever
