Children have right to clean environment - report
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The UN says countries must act urgently to protect children from the harmful effects of climate change.

Children have the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and governments must urgently act to ensure this, the United Nations says.

In a new report, the UN Child Rights Committee says that climate change is affecting children's rights to life, survival and development.

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