The Rights of Children and Youth in the Climate Crisis : Action and Litigation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daly, Aoife.

Series:

Human Rights and International Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20).

Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Children--Legal status, laws, etc.

Children.

Children (International law).

Environmental law, International.

International law and human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

The climate crisis is a human rights crisis as health, homes, education and numerous other areas of human life are affected. In this work, the authors examine how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the climate crisis, and argues that children and youth are rights-makers, reshaping legal and political norms for everyone.

Contents:

Climate Change, Children/Youth, and the Right to a Healthy Environment

From Protection to Participation : Climate Change and Children’s Rights under the CRC

The Rise of Child and Youth Climate Action

Child/Youth Climate Action and Climate Governance : Local to International Arenas

Child and Youth-Involved Climate Litigation : Child/Youth Climate Action in the Courts

Child/Youth Climate Litigation: Outcomes and Impacts for Human Rights

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-073733-1

1-003-29855-9

1-04-046121-2

OCLC:

1581079458

Publisher Number:

CIPO000346096