Exercise:
(social studies, history, biology, religion and ethics, English)
In this task, students explore the latest general comment from the Committee on the Rights of the Child and consider climate issues from the perspective of children’s rights.
Task:
Watch the video in class about the climate-related general comment from the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Protect Children’s Rights and Our Planet: Child-Friendly Animation on UN General Comment No. 26 (4.5 min, Youtube.com).
Divide the class into pairs or small groups of 3–5 students. Each pair or small group should familiarize themselves with The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The children’s version (unicef.org) or Unicef UK’s list: Our Rights (pdf) and discuss the following:
Which rights on the list do you think are also related to climate and environmental issues? In what way?
Imagine you are drafting an article for the Convention on the Rights of the Child that addresses climate and the environment. What kind of article would you add to the list or modify to include climate topics?
