{"id":116432,"date":"2023-08-30T07:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/new-un-guidance-affirms-childrens-right-to-a-clean-healthy-environment\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:35:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:35:52","slug":"new-un-guidance-affirms-childrens-right-to-a-clean-healthy-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/new-un-guidance-affirms-childrens-right-to-a-clean-healthy-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"New UN guidance affirms children\u2019s right to a clean, healthy environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116432\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe 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. The so-called General Comment No. 26 marks the first time the Committee has affirmed children\u2019s right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. It provides a comprehensive interpretation of State obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been ratified by 196 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The 1989 treaty outlines children\u2019s rights, including to life, health, clean drinking water, and survival and development. A General Comment provides legal guidance on how children&#8217;s rights are impacted by a specific topic or area of legislation, with the latest addressing environmental rights with a special focus on climate change. Children have been at the forefront of the fight against climate change, urging governments and corporations to take action to safeguard their lives and the future, said Committee member Philip Jaff\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith its General Comment No. 26, the Committee on the Rights of the Child not only echoes and amplifies children\u2019s voices, but also clearly defines the rights of children in relation to the environment that States Parties should respect, protect and fulfill collectively and urgently,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In Glasgow, Scotland, people take part in a demonstration for climate action, led by youth climate activists and organized on the sidelines of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). The General Comment explicitly addresses the climate emergency, the collapse of biodiversity and pervasive pollution. It specifies that States are responsible not only for protecting children\u2019s rights from immediate harm, but also for foreseeable violations of their rights in the future due to action, or inaction, today.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it underlines that States can be held accountable for environmental harm occurring both within their borders and beyond. Countries that have ratified the UN child rights convention are urged to take immediate action including towards phasing out fossil fuels and shifting to renewable energy sources, improving air quality, ensuring access to clean water, and protecting biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance also states that children\u2019s views must be considered in environmental decision-making and stresses the critical role of environmental education. David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, called General Comment No. 26 \u201ca vital step forward\u201d in recognizing that every child has the right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable world. \u201cGovernments must now take urgent action to address the global environmental crisis in order to breathe life into these inspiring words,\u201d he said. General Comment No. 26 is the outcome of global and intergenerational engagement, including broad consultation with UN Member States, international and regional organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, and children themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Committee\u2019s partner, the Swiss organization Terre des Hommes, led a process with multi-level stakeholders, significantly involving and engaging children through online consultations to inform the text. The UN Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) also provided further technical expertise and helped collect views from children as part of the consultation process. General Comment No. 26 assists in interpreting States\u2019 commitment under the Paris Agreement on climate change to respect, promote and consider their child rights obligations when taking climate action. \u201cThe climate crisis is a child rights crisis,\u201d said Paloma Escudero, UNICEF Special Adviser on Advocacy for Child Rights and Climate Action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery government has an obligation to protect the rights of every child in every corner of the planet, especially those boys and girls living in countries that have contributed least to this problem but are enduring the most dangerous floods, droughts, storms and heat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/08\/1140122\">The UN<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/new-un-guidance-affirms-childrens-right-to-a-clean-healthy-environment\/\">New UN guidance affirms children\u2019s right to a clean, healthy environment<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1300,2040,555,367,11266,1326,402],"class_list":["post-116432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-children","tag-clean","tag-csr-news-en","tag-environment","tag-healthy","tag-right","tag-un"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}