Children from all over the world submitted a low-carbon lifestyle declaration to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Shanghai on Tuesday, urging their peers to live a low-carbon life, organizers said.

The 2011 Shanghai International Children's Art Festival was?held in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on August 2, 2011.

The declaration was conceived during a forum held at the 2011 Shanghai International Children's Art Festival, which was organized by UNICEF and the China Welfare Institute (CWI).

More than 100 children from China, the United States, New Zealand, Japan, Switzerland, Italy and Egypt presented the declaration, which calls on children from around the world to act immediately to reduce carbon emissions and protect the Earth.

The 2011 Shanghai International Children's Art Festival was?held in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on August 2, 2011.

Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF's delegate to China, accepted the declaration on behalf of UNICEF.

Since its debut in 2004, the forum has played an important role in improving exchanges between Chinese and foreign youth, said an official with the CWI.