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10 December 2019, Spain, Madrid: Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate activist, speaks at an event at the UN Climate Change Conference, holding a microphone in her hand. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa (Photo by Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Countries bear cross-border responsibility for harmful effects of climate change, rules UN child rights committee

The UN committee has been accused of ‘turning its back’ on the children who filed a groundbreaking legal complaint with it against five countries

Sheree Bega