Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Furthermore, the CRC underscored the foreseeable nature of harm stemming from states’ carbon emissions, supported by established scientific evidence. New studies estimate that children born in 2020 will experience up to a sevenfold increase in climate-related extreme events compared with people born six decades ago.
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