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Preview: Season 3 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Children from across the world seek to bring accountability to the climate crisis.

In 2019, sixteen children from across the world including Greta Thunberg filed a historical, global lawsuit petitioning the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to hold five of the world’s leading economic powers accountable for inaction on the climate crisis. All 16 young people are alarmed by the changes they see in their homelands.

09/08/2020 | Rating NR

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Climate Change Wears Away Alaska Permafrost

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Clip: S3 Ep1 | 1m 24s | Youth petitioner Carl Smith shares how much warmer life is getting in Akiak, Alaska. (1m 24s)

Rising Seas Swiftly Shift Marshall Islands Shores

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Clip: S3 Ep1 | 1m 13s | Litokne Kabua is a climate activist from the Marshall Islands. (1m 13s)

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