“We cannot endanger future generations”: The United Nations and collaborators provide the “first-ever global policy framework” to help children that have had to flee their homes due to climate change
The International Organization for Migration , the United Nations Children’s Fund , Georgetown University in Washington DC and the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan have come together to help protect, include and empower children displaced as a result of climate change.is the first-ever global effort, which contains nine principles that discuss vulnerabilities of “boys and girls who have been uprooted, whether internally or across borders” due to the negative impact of climate change.
The guiding principles, based on existing international law, as well as operational guidelines or frameworks that have been developed by a variety of stakeholders, are “intended to be used by local and national governments, international organisations and civil society groups working with children on the move in the context of climate change”., do not alter or affect any existing legal frameworks.
“Every day, rising sea levels, hurricanes, wildfires, and failing crops are pushing more and more children and families from their homes,” said Catherine Russell, the UNICEF Executive Director. “While the new guidelines do not offer new legal obligations, they distill and leverage key principles that have already been affirmed in international law and adopted by governments around the world,” added Elizabeth Ferris, Director of Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration.
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