Africa: Climate Disruption Threatens Health and Future of All Children, Commission Warns

Barcelona — Children face multiple risks - from global warming to hunger to exploitative marketing - and no country is adequately dealing with these, says a U.N.-backed report

Many wealthy nations are letting the world's younger generations down by failing to curb planet-warming emissions, a U.N.-backed report said on Wednesday, warning climate change posed an urgent threat to the health and future of every child and adolescent.

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