Kathmandu, Nov. 5 -- Nearly 10 million children in Nepal are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, while millions more face risks from drought, extreme heat and landslides, according to a new UNICEF report highlighting the growing toll of climate change and environmental hazards on children's lives.

The advocacy brief, Growing Up in a Climate Hotspot: The Risks Shaping the Lives and Futures of Nepal's Children, draws on national and global data to show how climate change, pollution and disasters are threatening children's health, nutrition, education and protection. It calls for children's rights and needs to be placed at the centre of climate policies, financing and action.

The findings show that 9.9 million children are expose...