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Ecological degradation, climate change and exploitative marketing practices that push heavily processed fast food, sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco are fast taking a toll on the health and future of the children with no country taking adequate protecting measures. Painting a gloomy picture on the status of the future of the children, the report, “ A Future for the World’s Children?”, released on 19 February 2020 by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world notes with concern that every child worldwide now faces existential threats from climate change and commercial pressures. The experts have called for a new global movement driven by and for the children. While the poorest countries need to do more to support their children’s ability to live healthy lives, excessive carbon emissions disproportionately from wealthier countries threaten the future of all children, said the Commission convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet.