Posts Tagged ‘children’
By NikkiJade • May 18th, 2009 • Category: Videos
This UNICEF video notes that the changing climate undermines social and economic development, which in turn affects children and other individuals’ access to food, clean water, and in turn, education thus bringing awareness to the physical vulnerability of children who are more likely to “die in a natural disaster or succumb to malnutrition, injuries or disease in the aftermath”.
By NunoXEI • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Blog
UN Environment Programme, ENN–An unprecedented 1.5 million Chinese children have participated in a painting competition on the topic of climate change, in a sign of the country’s growing awareness of environmental issues. The children collectively submited 200,000 paintings.
By NunoXEI • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Blog
Jeremy Lovell, ENN–Millions of the world’s poorest children are among the most vulnerable and unwitting victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action.
