00:01Two-thirds of children across Western Europe were exposed to extreme temperatures in the first half of 2026.
00:08That is according to a report by Child Rights Organization Save the Children.
00:13Two-thirds of children across Western Europe were exposed to extreme heat just this far in the year.
00:19And we're still in the summer.
00:21This figure is three times the figure from the whole of last year.
00:25In Germany, the number of children exposed to extreme heat in the first six months of this year was larger
00:30than the last five years combined.
00:32Climate change is worsening every year that passes.
00:36The impacts on children are also worsening and countries really have not adapted its citizens well enough to that.
00:45Children are particularly vulnerable to the heat as they are undergoing physical development and have lower capacity for body temperature
00:53regulation.
00:53The climate crisis is really a children's rights crisis because they are the most physically vulnerable.
01:01Their bodies are the most vulnerable to heat waves and other climate impacts.
01:06They are the least responsible.
01:08They were just born a few years ago.
01:10Most children, you know, they haven't done anything to deserve this.
01:14And third of all, they have to live with the consequences for the longest.
01:17, you know, that's the worst, you know, they are chosen in the new car if you just want to
01:19be combined with their opponents.
