Are our leaders too old? A major world meeting about climate change will start this week in Egypt. For the first time, children have an official space at the event.
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Half of all children at risk due to climate
Are our leaders too old? A major world meeting about climate change will start this week in Egypt. For the first time, children have an official space at the event.
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What's happening?
Across the planet, world leaders are packing their bags. They are heading to EgyptA country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East. , for a big meeting about climate changeLong-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.. It is called COP27The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as the Conference of the Parties (COP). and it is run by the United NationsAn international organisation focused on keeping peace. Its refugee agency, the UNHCR, aims to assist refugees around the world..
This year, some school children will be joining them. For the first time, children and young people have a special place at the meeting.
Some think children should have more of a say on climate change. Adults have tried to fix the problem and not solved it yet. Children will face this problem when they grow up and have shown they care by going on school strikesWhen people refuse to work as a form of protest..
But others say adults, especially older adults, are the best people for the job. Finding an answer to climate change will not be easy. And world leaders and scientists have spent years learning how to talk to other people to find agreement and all about the science of climate change.
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Are our leaders too old?
Yes! It is children that will grow up and face a world changed by the climate crisis. World leaders today are too old to understand the fear felt by many children.
No! With age comes experience. Children do not have the knowledge to make deals and work out what is best for the planet.
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Keywords
Egypt - A country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
COP27 - The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as the Conference of the Parties (COP).
United Nations - An international organisation focused on keeping peace. Its refugee agency, the UNHCR, aims to assist refugees around the world.
Strikes - When people refuse to work as a form of protest.
Half of all children at risk due to climate
Future fears: More than one billion children live in places at high risk due to climate change. Glossary
Egypt - A country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
COP27 - The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as the Conference of the Parties (COP).
United Nations - An international organisation focused on keeping peace. Its refugee agency, the UNHCR, aims to assist refugees around the world.
Strikes - When people refuse to work as a form of protest.