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3-day youth climate summit begins in Kobe with address from Norika Fujiwara

An international youth meeting on the environment began Thursday in Kobe for a three-day run, bringing together about 100 students from 20 countries and Taiwan. At the opening ceremony of the Youth Summit for Environment in Kobe, actress Norika Fujiwara talked about the importance of addressing climate change. She cited her trip in March to Tuvalu, a South Pacific island country said to be sinking from rising sea levels due to the effects of global warming.