by Kristine Angeli Sabillo
PARIS — In a bid to explain the issue of climate change to children, the United Nations has released a comic series that features the adventures of two superheroes attempting to address the effects of global warming.
Comics Uniting Nations, a partnership of the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef), PCI Media Impact and Reading with Pictures, launched the series “Chakra The Invincible,” based on an Indian animated film. Chakra is a character created by Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan.
The third comic released by the group, Chakra climate change starts with a group of students from various countries attending a Model UN activity.
The students share their experiences on pollution, drought and other effects of climate change.
Mayumi, a student from the Philippines, talks about the changing weather patterns, which result in stronger typhoons devastating her country.
