Jakarta, April 25 -- The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs highlighted the need to consider children while addressing the effects of climate change in Indonesia to prevent the crisis from robbing them of their childhood.

"Long, repeated droughts could affect vulnerable groups, such as children," said Woro Srihastuti Sulistyaningrum, the ministry's Deputy for Children, Women, and Youth Quality Improvement, on Thursday.

While opening a seminar on climate change and children's welfare and launching the "Climate Generation Action Campaign" agenda in Jakarta, she pointed out that climate change-induced natural disasters have real effects on children, such as causing acute respiratory infections.

"Drought-induc...