Youth Climate Activists Filed An Official Complaint On Monday (September 23) Under The Convention On The Rights Of The Child, Calling For Leaders To Protect The Children Of The World From The Peril Of Climate Change. "The World Signed A Contract Between Generations That The Present World Would Leave A World Worth Inheriting To The Future. And Today, I Want To Tell The World You, You Are Defaulting On That Contract And We'Re Here To Collect," Said U.S. Teen Climate Activist Alexandria Villasenor Days After Millions Of Young People Took To The Streets Worldwide To Demand Emergency Action On Climate Change, Leaders Gathered At The United Nations On Monday To Try To Inject Fresh Momentum Into Stalling Efforts To Curb Carbon Emissions. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Has Warned Governments That They Would Have To Offer Action Plans To Qualify To Speak At The Summit, Which Is Aimed At Boosting The 2015 Paris Agreement To Combat Global Warming. "I Just Hope Something Good Will Come Out Of It. I Hope It Will Have A Good Outcome. But We Also Have To Prepare Ourselves For The Worst And Continue Even Though If It Has A Bad Outcome," Swedish Teen Activist Greta Thunberg Said. With Climate Impacts Such As Extreme Weather, Thawing Permafrost And Sea-Level Rise Unfolding Much Faster Than Expected, Scientists Say The Urgency Of The Crisis Has Intensified Since The Paris Accord Was Agreed. Over The Past Year, Guterres Has Called For No New Coal Plants To Be Built After 2020, Urged A Phase-Out Of Fossil Fuel Subsidies And Asked Countries To Map Out How To Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2050.

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