The protests take place six weeks before this year's U.N. climate summit, known as COP27, where vulnerable countries plan to push for compensation for climate-related destruction to homes, infrastructure and livelihoods.
"One day, it could be my house that gets flooded," said 15-year-old Park Chae-yun, one of around 200 protesting in Seoul, South Korea."I'm living with a sense of crisis, so I think it is more important to deliver my concerns to the government to take preventive measures rather than going to school." Around 400 young activists gathered in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, chanting slogans such as"Act for Africa, protect our planet" and carrying cardboard signs reading"Climate Justice" and"Climate SOS" while walking on the shoulder of a busy thoroughfare.
Leaders from these countries note the world is already facing climate-fuelled disasters, including deadly floods engulfing large parts of Pakistan, wildfires ravaging Morocco and Canada, and record-breaking heatwaves in Britain and India.
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