After missing school due to extreme heat, African children push for climate action

FILE PHOTO: Seaweed farmers carry their harvest used to make cosmetic products, from the Indian Ocean to the open beach in Kibuyuni village, Kwale county, Kenya October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

BAKU (Reuters) - Children from East Africa, where heatwaves and floods have shuttered schools in recent months, are pushing for world leaders to protect their education - and their future - at the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan.

Siama, 17, from South Sudan, missed two weeks of school in April when temperatures surged to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).