HRW for child rights at the heart of climate talks
Human Rights Watch wants a focused discussion on children’s rights in the policymakers meet in Germany over the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
In a report published today, the global rights body said: “Climate change’s impact on health, access to water, and education, among other areas, disproportionately affects children, whose bodies and minds are still developing.”
“Bangladesh is among the countries most affected by climate change, and many families there, like Sultana’s, are pushed by natural disasters into deepening poverty – increasing the risk of child marriage.”
“In the Turkana region of Kenya, Human Rights Watch found that climate change, along with other challenges, means children have become sick because their families are unable to provide them with sufficient food and clean water.”
“Policymakers in Bonn need to take heed, follow the advice given at Monday’s presidency briefing, and place children’s rights at the heart of these climate talks. The children of today and of the future deserve a planet where their rights are fully respected.”
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