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With future generations likely to bear the consequences of global warming over the next few decades, young people from Barbados and elsewhere in the world have come together to find solutions to the climate change problem.Thursday morning marked the start of the Youth Climate Summit and Expo, which will be held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre over the next two days.“The climate crisis is a children’s crisis and we are glad that more children are beginning to understand this and recognise that they must take action in order to safeguard their future,” said Executive Director of the Ashley Lashley Foundation and UNICEF Youth Advocate for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ashley Lashley.Lashley said children from 20 primary and secondary schools across Barbados as well as delegates from the Caribbean and further afield will participate in the conference. ....

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