We can still choose how we use our environment. But if we are wasteful today, our children won t have the same choices tomorrow. When we use resources wisely, we honor the trust the next generation has placed in us.
Every generation has the right to a safe and healthy environment and the opportunities it provides.
Environmental threats like global warming and the water crisis take their greatest toll on children. They will continue to take their toll, for the mistakes of today will continue to haunt the world tomorrow. Unwise use of water has created a global crisis. Water-borne diseases and a lack of safe water cause the preventable deaths and illnesses of millions of children. More than one billion people lack access to clean water, and more than 2 billion do not have access to a decent latrine.