Tuvalu, Aug. 14 -- New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was touched by the pleas of the young children of Tuvalu asking leaders to act for climate change now to secure their future.
Since last Saturday when Leaders and delegates started arriving, young Tuvaluan children, as young as five- and six-year olds have been braving the cold and heat, sitting in pool of water around a symbolic sinking island.
Senior Tuvaluan Government officials say the young children are telling the world their future is in their hands - if they don't act decisively to reduce their emissions and cap temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, then it will be a 'grim future' for the next generation of Tuvaluans.
Ardern said she expected climate change to dominate dis...