Climate Change Exposes Children <br />to Lifelong Harm, Study Finds.<br />The finding was released in <br />a study conducted by 'The Lancet,' <br />called The Lancet Countdown <br />on Health and Climate Change.<br />It was completed in collaboration <br />with 120 experts from 35 well-<br />known organizations including the <br />World Health Organization (WHO). .<br />It found that without <br />drastic action on climate <br />change, an entire generation will <br />be marked by illness and disease.<br />"Children are particularly vulnerable to the health risks of a changing climate. Their bodies and immune systems are ... more susceptible to ... environmental pollutants."<br />- Nick Watts, Study Co-Leader, via Aljazeera.<br />"Without immediate action from all countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions ... climate change will come to define the health of an entire generation."<br />- Nick Watts, Study Co-Leader, via Aljazeera.<br />Researchers found that air <br />pollution is among the most <br />immediate and impactful <br />health threats to children.<br />According to the WHO, <br />ambient and household <br />air pollution led to more <br />than 7 million deaths in 2016
