Sixteen boys and girls from 12 countries, such as Swedish environmental activist Greta Tumberg (16), who is visiting New York in time for the United Nations General Assembly, filed a relief with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on the 23rd. He claims that the climate crisis is a crisis of children's rights.
In the petition, 16 people aged 8 to 17 said, “The temperature has risen by 1.1 degrees compared to the pre-industrial level (the world average), and the earth is approaching a turning point with devastating consequences. It was something that could have been predicted in advance. " "Children are physically and mentally most vulnerable to the threat of the climate crisis, are larger than adults, and bear a long-term burden."
Sixteen people are not seeking monetary compensation because they cannot afford the child's pain. However, it calls on the five countries of Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France and Turkey to review the laws and policies related to the climate crisis and make the utmost efforts. The five countries have ratified a protocol that allows individuals and groups to make direct appeals to the committee, and are "reluctant to combat climate change for many years." Japan and the United States have not ratified the Protocol. The committee decides whether or not to accept it and makes recommendations as needed.
Greta appealed at the conference that "30 years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the world leaders have continued to break our promise to protect our rights." That day was just after the speech at the Climate Action Summit held at the United Nations. (New York = Manabu Fujiwara)