The world's children cannot afford more empty promises at this year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a U.N. report found virtually no child will escape the impact of global warming.
Children from India, Philippines and several African countries were "extremely high-risk," the new UNICEF report found. Climate activist Greta Thunberg said world leaders must act instead of just talking.
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Youth activists argue that climate change will leave more than half of the world's children at "extreme risk" of suffering environmental catastrophes. Greta Thunberg, one of the most prominent faces fighting against global warming, said world leaders should act now to reverse the situation before it's too late.