Environment/Science
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued new guidance on Monday that calls for governments to take action to protect boys and girls in the face of the deepening climate crisis. more
UN rights chief: ‘Don’t leave the climate crisis for our children to fix’
New York: Global heating is a burning human rights issue, as extreme weather and climate disasters threaten humanity’s universal right to food, UN rights chief Volker Türk said ...
First Person: Turning ‘apathetic people into climate activists’; a young person’s view
An 18-year-old environmental campaigner from the United States has told UN News how she wants to “turn apathetic people into climate activists”. Sophia Kianni, whose family or ...
Countries violate rights over climate change, argue youth activists in landmark UN complaint
New York: The failure of governments to act on the climate crisis, constitutes a violation of children’s rights, according to a landmark complaint presented to the UN Committee on t ...
Almost one in seven children breathing heavily toxic air – UNICEF report
New York, Oct 31 (Just Earth News): About 300 million children in the world are living in areas with outdoor air so toxic – six or more times higher than international pollution guidelines ...
