The Children Will Pay for Climate Change
David Puttnam, the Guardian | May 2, 2008
Since global warming – by causing “natural” disasters, disease, and conflict – is threatening the lives and livelihoods of ever more children in the third world, we need to increase our contribution to the cost of adapting to climate change so that it is more evenly shared. ++ Governments, the private sector, and individuals must take action and adapt aid to the level of threat: “This is not just about more development. It's about doing development differently.” ++ The UN needs to acknowledge the impact of climate change on children and empower them.
