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    Protect the earth for children

    Children's committee in Ladakh, India (c)Save the Children UK/Dario Mitidieri

    We can still choose how we use our environment.

    We can still choose how we use our environment. When we use resources wisely, we honour the trust the next generation has placed in us. Environmental threats like global warming and the water crisis take their greatest toll on children. Water-borne diseases cause the preventable deaths and illnesses of millions of children. Environmental threats will continue to take their toll, for the mistakes of today will continue to haunt the world tomorrow.

    We must act today. The world belongs to our children; we are its caretakers. We must preserve our natural resources even as we use them, to ensure our children’s rights to a healthy environment.