{
  "id": 3001483,
  "title": "Study asks what children understand about a changing climate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/study-asks-what-children-understand-about-a-changing-climate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/2026-08-24-study-asks-what-children-understand-about-a-changing-climate/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The study will examine how children aged 0–5, their caregivers, and Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners across KwaZulu-Natal understand, experience, and respond to climate change, in response to growing evidence that its effects are felt most acutely by children in rural and under-resourced communities.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}