Children from some of the countries most affected by the climate crisis have made an impassioned call for political leaders to stop gambling with their futures, and commit to finances and policies that put the world’s 2.2 billion children first.
“Last year I went to Cop27 to talk about what could happen with climate change, this year I’m here to talk about climate collapse,” said Revan Ahmed, 13, from Tripoli in Libya, where thousands of people were killed and displaced after Storm Daniel caused unprecedented flooding in September.