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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Nina Lakhani in Dubai

Young people’s plea to Cop28: ‘World leaders owe it to future generations’

From left, Francisco Vera, Emmanuel Jidisa, Lova Renee and Revan Ahmad
From left, Francisco Vera, Emmanuel Jidisa, Lova Renee and Revan Ahmad at an event to voice children's needs on climate change at Cop28 in Dubai. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

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.

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