Asia heatwave: UN warns extreme heat puts millions of children in the region at risk

The United Nations has called for action to protect millions of children in Asia from soaring temperatures. Global monitors have warned that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, marked by climate extremes and rising greenhouse gas emissions.

[@blitzcrank4840]

When the entire Southeast Asia has less than half of all total carbon emissions than USA and 4 times less than China's but we're the ones suffering the worst because of it.

[@freeheeler09]

Asian emissions and populations are both growing fast. Nobody can afford to be smug

[@koleszka35]

India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - three most polluted countries in the World are in Asia.

[@bluewolf4789]

We are not the only. Its just happen that our population are massive thats why the news focus to us. But in reality all countries in the pacific equally suffer.

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

It's nothing to do with carbon emissions. We need more carbon emissions, not less. It's because of deforestation and development. This can only be fixed by undoing all the "progress" that mankind believes it has made. That means getting rid of all modern technology, concrete, glass, steel, everything. We have to go back in time and live the way we lived thousands of years ago if want to survive long-term on this planet.

[@cw8]

@@bluewolf4789 South East Asia bears the brunt of it. It's not like our surrounding seas are helping. In fact they bring in hot air to us, compared to like South America.

[@erikapuno3163]

I’m from the Philippines and my brother died of a heatstroke last week. I know he’s passed on and doesn’t need to struggle in this life.

[@arxzcm]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@gravel9270]

My heartfelt condolences ❤🙏

[@foxIyn]

Very sorry to hear that. Atleast he's in a better place now. My mom also got a mild heatstroke a few days ago too.

[@tawanium]

I’m very sorry for your loss 😔. Please accept my condolences. May your brother rest in peace.

[@tyronec2358]

sorry for your loss 😢

[@rayne5368]

The next generation will have a tougher life on a scorching Earth. I pray for them.

[@thevindictive6145]

There is not gonna be a next generation.

[@alimichalkan8046]

@@thevindictive6145or maybe they gonna survive by having to wear a special space suit 24/7 but what kind of life is even that? Not that we deserve to complain since we are the reason for thia climate change in the first place. And here we’re talking about children is at risk. Priorities!😂

[@Muddslinger0415]

Things are going to take off fast now

[@frustratedOthan]

That's how the human body evolves they need to temper their bodies in extreme conditions.

[@Apollo_001]

Please read about the sun's 11 year cycle. We are at a solar maximum thats why the heat is different

[@Alan_Blossom]

Watching this news from Thailand and I can guarantee that this year is a lot way hotter than last year. Walking outside without AC will have you soaking in sweat within 2-3 mins.

[@woodykusaki9970]

2 - 3 minutes? You're lucky. I go outside and stay put for 20 seconds and I'm sweating.

[@GalacticallyHatesCorporatism]

Back in the days we used to get quite chilly during dry season where i live, Surin, Thailand, like a single digit cold. These days it's lucky if we get even half a month of prolonged cool air. I hate Summer so much and it's gonna get even hotter in the years to come. We're doomed.

[@jfiekms]

what really? im travelling thailand and malaysia right now and i thought its normal. way better then germanys -1 celsius though.

[@GalacticallyHatesCorporatism]

@@jfiekms yes. This is not normal. In fact, it hasn't been normal for years. The temperatures just keep getting higher with every passing year. I remembered how we make a fire early in the morning, during the dry season to heat ourselves up and cook food together. These days, we don't get to do that anymore. It never get that cold anymore. I wonder if in the coming years, will the dry season just eventually become dry season, but without the cool breeze. The future seem bleak.

[@jfiekms]

@@GalacticallyHatesCorporatism i blame china

[@charizardx-mj1jb]

This is all because of cutting trees down.humanity will regret this.

[@ButtonPhonics]

Solar energy and cycles and Water Vapor /clouds control nearly all of the climate not the bullcrap they tell you about CO2 or cutting tress - the Earth is greener than 2000 check out the data CO2 greening the planet

[@salahuddinuddin5070]

​@@ButtonPhonicsTf are you talking about? 💀

[@saythankyou111]

Yup…..the Amazon was the lungs of the planet, 🏝️

[@Shiningami_Jem]

The rich don't care though

[@ButtonPhonics]

Lol most people are sheep to the masses @@salahuddinuddin5070 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp2olZxnnb2kfZY One of hundreds of links i have 400+

[@deonetv3454]

YES IT'S HOT IN JAKARTA NOW EVEN IN THE RAINING SEASON, WHEN I WAS YOUNG ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, THE DAY'S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 29⁰C IN SUMMER, BUT NOW REACH UP TO 34-40⁰C, IT'S NOT FAKE, I MY SELF EXPERIENCE IT, THE EARTH ALREADY CHANGING

[@harukrentz435]

April is no longer the raining season but sure its hot now.

[@D.N.A.23]

Bcs they cut all the trees in indonesia for palm oil fields

[@deonetv3454]

@@D.N.A.23 palm is still a tree, your argument is wrong

[@manchesterunitedno7]

@@deonetv3454 Yes it is still a tree, but not cohesive for the ecosystem unlike a naturally growing taller and denser canopy trees in a jungle.

[@alimichalkan8046]

@@deonetv3454gosh what did you even learn in school man? You didn’t even finish 1+1.

[@Lumadako]

The Philippines while encountering a deadly record of over 40° heat, almost daily, is in a unique situation to fight heat incidents and strokes because it is surrounded and scattered with many bodies of waters where people usually take to dip and swim for relief.

[@bernadette4016]

Just ask and pray to God to shield you from the heat,sometimes i ask God to fill my room,our house with cold air…

[@shermich90]

We need to plant more trees in SEAsia and not deforest them

[@mjcoyote5167]

Here in Philippines we are experiencing heat up to 45 to 46°C thats why my house is like microwave oven if we didn't use aircon😅

[@Chalcedony99]

that's heat index, the highest record is 38 here in Ph

[@xz91.95th]

Like we have 2 seasons wet and dry, we transform from waterproof mortals to solarpanel humanoids real quick. 💀

[@erenyeager4084]

The Heat index you said​ is now 52° as of now@@Chalcedony99

[@mikeharrington5593]

Similar to effects upon children, some of the elderly also have difficulty regulating their body temperature & adapting to higher heat indices.

[@johnsomn2148]

Wasn't this warned many years ago when the corporations begun to deforestation many of the earth's magnificent trees. DON'T MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE We have had many,many warnings.

[@wout123100]

but greedy [people do noty listen, i want my vacation 2 times a year at least, faster computer etc etc its going to be fun.

[@urtooslow4415]

Feels like hell here in the philippines.

[@domiloka]

No wonder these days the heat is unbearable

[@ordavezajustinperez6253]

Its 42 - 45°c here in the ph and we still manage to drink coffee

[@Kariktan214]

I drink ice coffee now😂. I can't drink hot coffee with a 45°C heat.

[@aldrinrialnavarro888]

in hoodies😂

[@GM-RY69]

Instead of joking can you be serious for a sec and try to fix it...please

[@kitarvin770]

European countries also facing similar situation. UK, France, Spain and many more have record high temperature for spring season this year in history.

[@norman6499]

Can u pls bring your joke somewhere?

[@ButtonPhonics]

LOL

[@myplan8166]

​@@norman6499joke? Remember last summer

[@naimmohamad2152]

RIP Malaysia next year. No action taken just monitoring water levels from dams. No underground water storage facilities or the likes of it to reduce raw water loss. Confident sangat air selalu ada. Next year will be the worst especially the northern side and none of the authorities will take earlier action. No action NOW??

[@MarshaNPILoveCanada]

I'm from Indonesia and yes it's warmer than usual. Like few hours ago (above 1PM) (21 April 2024) our house was 30°C in 2nd floor and I was sweeping my room. 😩🥵

[@Diddy-gd6fr]

Here in India today 38'

[@DWS-123]

Most parts of Indonesia does NOT get affected by the heatwave, why? Because Indonesia still have natural forests and mountains that protect the surrounding regions with fresh and cool air. Moreover, Indonesia does NOT have too many high rise buildings with too many airconds that can worsen greenhouse effect. Preserving nature in pristine condition will protect a country from heatwave.

[@arjunraj823]

Indonesia is hotter than India

[@DevSarman]

Have you ever heard of ocean cooling effect?? Probably more like Indonesia's being clustered by seas that absorbs heat more unlike in continental Southeast Asia

[@DWS-123]

@@DevSarman ocean cooling effect NOT contribute much, because Philippines is also surrounded by ocean, but they get affected. Only natural forests with abundant high rise trees and mountains cool down very much in most parts of Indonesia. Other countries that have metropolitan cities have most of their high rise trees chopped down every day and converted to high rise buildings with more than thousands of airconds, then combined with deforestation, all of them worsened heatwave very much. For your evidence, you can go to Cameron highland or Genting highland. In the midway near that place, you will feel the air is much cooler and fresher than the air in the city center.

[@Kariktan214]

​@@DWS-123I agree with you. It is extremely hot in Metro Manila right now that classes from some schools for elementary and highschool needs to be suspended. Trees are chopped down for buildings and houses. But provinces here with high altitude or forrests still thrive. This heat wave calls for us to provide more land for planting trees.

[@karimgamer7747]

Disini masih banyak kebun dan di wilayah saya (Indonesia Tengah) masih selalu hujan gerimis dan anginnya dingin sejuk

[@13Ounnak]

Me at Cambodia at 40°C every day: what is temperature again?

[@rahulsetrakian]

True, me in Rajasthan 45° every day 😂

[@jewiesnew3786]

I asked my parents and grandparents about this heat, it really is hotter now.

[@marysuzettecatipon6147]

God bless everyone ❤🙏 keep safe.

[@FebruaryHas30Days]

It's strange how I displayed symptoms of heatstroke last year but this year even with this amount of heat I'm still fine. Is it immunity or acclimatization?

[@Gazr965]

The Human body in temperatures 35°C + 100% humidity will kill a healthy Human in 6 hours⚠ There is no acclimatization with those two figures. There is a graph online on temperature and humidity

[@Limerlinlol]

And yet school in my province still refuses to give us just 1 hour break from school per day it's hot af here

[@LeraEluna]

Yeah, its really hot here in Malaysia these days especially today, (am literally sweltering rn if without ac) but I thought it was normal 😅

[@BXmax23]

Meanwhile, in the middle east, sultan ahmed ai jaber, a director of an oil company happens to be the president of COP28. The irony of it.

[@TheHeroHunterGarou]

Meanwhile in the middle east: first time?

[@bursky09]

​@TheHeroHunterGarou the Middle East is not as hot because it's not as humid.

[@EdmundIZHigh]

It’s 33 degrees here in Singapore just a 5 minute walk feels like a 20 minute walk under the scorching sun. The worse is humidity and less about heat even in the night.

[@ButtonPhonics]

It is ALWAYS friggin 32 33 and humid in Singapore ffs

[@peachypeach400]

i'm in VN and 39 degrees feel like hell when go to work in the morning.

[@robertjsmith]

@@ButtonPhonicswhat you saying?

[@thankuslay6766]

Thank God, I live in Indonesia. There are many mountainous cities and in Dieng region, the coldest can be -5°C in the early morning. Singapore is doomed

[@akane8615]

It didn't feel as hot as a year or two ago in Malaysia or did I get used to it lol. Still it reach 36 sometime in kl.

[@m.javier-tala1892]

Some days its 45C in the PHL

[@user-xw9fd1ku6x]

Thank you CNA for sharing this information. I live in NM,USA but thou this report centers around Asia all locations are affected.

[@jprogaminggd]

As I'm watching this right now here in the Philippines, it's currently 45 degrees and I'm soaking in sweat.

[@GKP999]

Most of the blame goes to the developed countries but developing countries like India and China are also pumping a lot of CO2 in the air.

[@ButtonPhonics]

hahaha CO2 you don't understand it

[@robertjsmith]

China is a big polluter,but it also spends the most on green energy

[@GKP999]

@@ButtonPhonics If you are so smart, educate me then.

[@brysoncherry9884]

​​​@@GKP999 trees have been cut. Those trees breathe co2 as do plants and cool the planet. So by cutting en masse and not planting its increased the problem not whatever msm crap you've seen. Co2 is essential for plant life if you know anything at all. The environmental issues are hgh in food and birth control in everything as well as flouride. For humans. Then the lead based stuff due to zero concept of safety regulations and overfishing as seen on a where has china overfishing map. They have zero concept of conservation

[@dynamogaming4953]

​@@GKP999lets calculate per capita emmissions and yes population growth is becoming negative here day by day

[@alexligan3932]

meanwhile in the philipines, lets have coffeee 😂

[@jewiesnew3786]

Tara kape😅

[@gravel9270]

Elementary and highschool: class suspension or online class College:

[@bluewolf4789]

Hahahahahhaa all southeast asian drink coffee 3 times a day😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@daryldeal]

😂😂😂☕️☕️☕️

[@hesusmariajosef]

@@gravel9270 To be fair most college (especially private) here in the philippines have air conditioning in the classrooms. It’s the public elementary and high schools that suffer because of the lack of funding for air conditioning.

[@bluewolf4789]

The heat only feel in the lowland area especially near the coastal. While people in the mountain wears jackets😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kimmi7581]

WFH!

[@jezzww]

No wonder it's been so dreadingly sweating for the last 3 month in Java island

[@ujisusanto8599]

Biasa dari sejak lahir .namanya juga tropis lol

[@ujisusanto8599]

Kalau mau dingin ya ke kutub saja biar beku sekalian

[@jezzww]

@@ujisusanto8599 just typical like indo netizen, selalu nyolot dan sewot... You just show yourself how uneducated you are... Poor shame!!!

[@rifa.3307]

Java heatwave is over, may to september will be colder because cold wind from australia

[@bluewolf4789]

Wow thats awesome. While us in the upper part of equator will experience a 6 months typhoons and flooding from june to dec

[@lancesay]

wow... and yes, many said the world is doing fine.

[@lightsoul5812]

Will this affect Singapore.?

[@apie999]

Not much coz most people walk under their building pathway. You don’t need to walk outside coz they path way connect every single building

[@julzpogi17]

Sobrang init sa Pilipinas ngayon

[@Redmi-xu1yo]

where is the place 😁

[@insertname1841]

Lot hotter, but definitely bearable

[@user-pm5qq2kx9r]

Pls can do some cloud seeding?

[@BoboyPC2247]

in our city is 34° feels like 45°

[@DieGurkenfresser]

The Bad Thing isnt even the Heat, its how humid it is there. Making it Like 100x worse. Where i am from are weeks of 40+ each Summer, but its a more dry Heat. It sucks, but you get used it. You dont feel Like you Melt aways

[@user-on7rs3pg2h]

In my province is 46 heat index

[@FlamingHotCheetos7991]

I'm from a small town in the Philippines where it's usually 71°F during the day, but recently it's been extremely hot, with temperatures rising from 104-113°F

[@anthonyguarino4242]

Watching from USA, we are getting extreme heat waves this summer too because of La Niña effect so which means we’re getting to get swimming almost every day!

[@rommelsim7317]

Lol your country is the one of the culprits of global warming

[@gamingshortzzzz4480]

M watching this news from Everest base camp

[@thankuslay6766]

Not all Indonesia is affected, it's only in lowland region with no mountain and coastal cities (Riau province, Riau Islands, South Sumatera, Jakarta Norther Java, Kalimantan island). Java and Bali still have many mountainous regency and cities

[@vilmaruelos5810]

Crazy hot here in PI, classes mostly suspended every now and then

[@gravel9270]

Sadly that's mostly true in elementary and highschool. Colleges on the other hand, don't. There are many college students begging for class suspension or online class because their building doesn't have an aircon.

[@Vrckyy]

Damn, and it's not even july yet

[@NashHinton]

Time to move to Alaska.

[@justyuyun1557]

Mon, April 29 , Indonesia 12:24pm = 34°C .real feel 41°C

[@Soturi92]

Seriously I remember growing up around 2000 and visiting Alabama’s indian mounds. I wish my teacher gave me more water cause I literally wen’t from “please give me water” to “get me out of the sun” and completely passed out and the EMS said I was extremely close to heat stroke. So yeah, tell adults when you can. ❤

[@maggotman2024]

UN now the global weather forecaster. Perhaps it has finally found something useful to do?

[@dominicbravo9360]

We feel like we're in Dune.

[@by_wlafeh]

Diskusi

[@borhanuddintv]

In Bangladesh, it’s worst because of the extreme humidity also.

[@ILMV116]

remember about the simpsoms prediction.. Scene when country covered with oval glass?

[@user-vz8mg5tl7w]

Please stop burning coal for electricity.

[@brysoncherry9884]

Yeah people have a choice to fo that or not freeze. Distanced privileged mook. Definition if solipsism right there

[@Manly_face]

Pray for us From Asean🙏🏿

[@acdhamma3485]

Experiencing 39 degree!

[@user-lp1in8il7p]

As a Cambodian, it is hot as Frick but somehow we are still living and the average temperature is 40 but it feels like 45 so in theory we are half cook

[@isabelitaang4412]

😢

[@IDKStats]

As a Thai, I can guarantee that the heat here is extremely hot. 40 celcius 😭

[@ButtonPhonics]

did you stay in Thailand in the early 2000s??? I did over 40 usually in April Chiang Mai was often 42++

[@kharris0465]

UNICEF? We have not gotten enough UNICEF yet?

[@DeathsGarden-oz9gg]

Its not summer yet the hell

[@gusndrasaputra9817]

Where the hell , we had rain nonstop from past week

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Where?

[@luxeternity]

Yeaah can confirm

[@anaiswatterson1696]

My pops home on the mountain region on java island, Indonesia isn't freezing cold like it used to be 15 years ago. At that time we didn't even dare to touch the water in the morning since we would come out freezing. But now I can take a bath at night and we even need to cool off with fans. Climate change is already happening

[@antonjohndell1519]

so No risk for the elderly......

[@jinkynibalbos1209]

🙏

[@jovanierheyzayas7459]

Meanwhile : young southeast asian taking a sip of his nescafe. With creamer😂

[@Xyruz_02]

I am from Indonesia, I don't feel the heat at the moment ☺️

[@YuChiGongG]

It has NEVER been this HOT in Thailand, or at least in Chiang Mai Thailand for such an extended period of time. Governments need to begin acting soon to put in place affordable strategies to prepare for the higher temperatures which surely will be seen in this decade. There are proven strategies for cooling cities and minimizing heat-island effects, for example. It's HOT, Guys! Hot, I say.....

[@remamendonce6756]

I really cant understand where our world is heading

[@conradchung1842]

Governments should do something to prevent this situation from deteriorating, otherwise South East Asia is no longer a place for human to live in a few decades from now.

[@phuakiangee8626]

Maybe 10 years ago the daily temperature was about 31% yet nowadays it is about 35% so hot and unbearable. Why many are oblivious to the climate crisis?

[@brysoncherry9884]

Because they've sold all the trees and don't want to plant more. All plants including the ones you eat and the animals too then require co2 to survive . Maybe pass a basic science course in elementary Co2>plant>oxygen>human>cycle So shut up and plant more trees

[@igorotaaki1255]

It is not here in Atok...

[@julienrockingham-ip4co]

This is for the parents to figure out

[@rencechannel2240]

By July expect strong typhoons 😞😭

[@rajkschwartz]

I am sales man , been on field for 14 years - I am feeing the difference in Chennai the capital of Tamil Nadu

[@tyronec2358]

it's gonna be hotter next year. if there is a next year..

[@Choho-]

Yes really heat me, even at night.

[@vanlin9107]

And now East Asia calls us lazy especially our construction workers

[@radmotoph1496]

ya'll are lucky you sweat.. here in the philippines you wont sweat because of HIGH HUMIDITY which feels more HOTTER than the actual temp.. 35°c is like 45°c THATS FOR TODAY TEMP

[@umeshmudukuthore4534]

save forest. rivers. save trees. conservation of forest quickly.

[@oleanderkazzy_]

This is normal

[@chandraprakashchourase8959]

True. Whole of South asia and south east asia is burning. Answer is reforestation.

[@thankuslay6766]

The coldest temperature in Singapore: 30°C The coldest temperature in Indonesia: -10°C 😂😂😂

[@AR-bh3mn]

-12 °C ( 2019 )

[@DailyInspirations1978]

We Asians used to hot weather during summer time, BUT this summer heat is waaaaay hotter as compare to the past years. Sooooooo HOT. 😢😢😢

[@user-dm6rn4kz3x]

Elites will go on mars..we are destined to be toasted here 😂

[@ssga7081]

Your donations to UNICEF only ends up as SUGGESTIONS 💀

[@smn2666]

Rip to next generation😂😂( i will not have children)

[@JeyC_]

Imagine thinking climate change is real lol Doomers panicking as if the globe haven't experienced these temperatures in its history

[@rifa.3307]

With whom you spend your old days?

[@JeyC_]

@@rifa.3307 her cats and her prada bags, sitting alone besides a window looking outside seeing her friends have happy families and have fulfilling lives and she realizing what a miserable life she experienced compared to the joys of having children

[@haven216]

@@JeyC_ You're right about the planet being hotter in the past. The problem is the rate at which it is getting hotter. It is currently thousands of times faster than nature rates.

[@JeyC_]

@@haven216 I recommend reading the papers of Dr. Richard Lindzen and Dr. Patrick Moore They explained my position on this topic better and more than I can expound on it

[@godyoshida8433]

It's soo hot in the Philippines i can cook a wagyu steak to congratulations in just 1 hours

[@jpd9415]

Please brothers and sisters in Christ, please take your rosaries and pray for Our Lady's intercession. We are in the end of times. God bless us all! Amen! #PrayTheRosary #EndofTimes

[@migs192]

Next year will be hotter. Ofc people aren't doing anything about it so it'll only get worse. They can only pray for it and do nothing. My garden at home is no longer enough to keep the heat at bay... though at night it's cool enough.

[@user-mt6wn4yp8y]

What Farmers need to do is to work together and raise fundings to build white clothes tents to cover the fields lowering temperatures and adding Mist collectors to collect water

[@AR-bh3mn]

Kata siapa Panas? 😂 Di Daerah gw beberapa Hari ini Hujan melulu..... Dingin Banget Njirrr.......🙄

[@deidresable]

Indonesia dikelilingi laut jadi kalau siang panas nanti malam akan hujan yg membuat suhu turun di pagi hari

[@thetkhoo7436]

Think in this heat Myanmar people has no electricity and also Coup is killing, but Asean countries still helping junta and enjoying the show.

[@drayphoenix117]

This heatwave is bad... Last year florida had 8 day heatwave .. 37c feal feel 48 with rain afternon 🌧..many day's. But 1 day was 39c real feel 50°c in tampa 0mph wind.. Which is not normal . + word record ocean temp 39c. In gulf if mexico to miami. (USA uses Fahrenheit so not many people realise how hot florida and texas get in summer with humidity) I wonder if the wind in asia helps take the edge off the unbearable humidity unlike florida every afternoon in august.. Wind 0 mph sometime for 5 hrs nothing moves.. just extremely humid and burning hot I saw that bangkok had a some wind most days.. Whereas in tampa orlando florida many pray for a 3 mph breeze in afternoon all july and august