Every child's future under threat from climate change and poor health, major report warns

Climate change and harmful marketing are jeopardising the future of every child around the world — and Australia is failing to create an environment 

Children today face an uncertain future thanks
to ecological degradation and climate change.

That's according to a major international report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and leading medical journal, The Lancet.

The report, titled A Future for the World's Children?, warns climate change, conflict and harmful marketing practices that drive obesity threaten the health and future of children worldwide.

"Despite improvements in child and adolescent health over the past 20 years, progress has stalled, and is set to reverse," said Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister of and co-chair of the Commission.

Researchers analysed data from 180 countries and compared performance on child survival and wellbeing, based on health, education, nutrition, equity and sustainability measures.

Read the ABC News story by Olivia Willis - “Every child's future under threat from climate change and poor health, major report warns.”