We Planet Earth is an Ottawa, Ontario-based organization that raises funds for nonprofits around the world. Founded by entrepreneur Miles Duggal, We Planet Earth has carried out numerous fundraising and outreach efforts to benefit organizations such as UNICEF.
In partnership with the World Health Organization and Lancet, UNICEF recently commissioned a comprehensive study to evaluate how the world’s countries are protecting their children’s health, environment, and future. The report was released in February 2020.
Titled “A Future for the World’s Children,” the report revealed that the well-being and future of children around the world are threatened by climate change, ecological degradation, and exploitative marketing that pushes sugary drinks, fast food, and drugs. The report stated that if the world’s temperature rises more than 4 degrees C by 2100, as is projected, the change will severely impact health and lives through heat waves, sea-level rise, and proliferation of diseases.
The report found a huge increase in the number of harmful marketing practices. In Australia, for example, children were exposed to 51 million alcohol ads in one year.
To protect children’s health and future, the report recommends that countries should stop their carbon emissions, incorporate children in decision-making, and tighten state regulations on harmful marketing.
