Climate Justice and Children's Rights

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As a Network of 43 independent children’s rights institutions, ENOC’s main objective is to protect and promote children’s rights across Europe through the fullest possible implementation of the UNCRC and related EU standards. The Network will support its members through capacity-building and training activities to improve their capacity and increase their impact. In 2022, ENOC will focus on the issue of climate justice and will extensively address the impact of climate change on children’s rights and the role of children in climate action. A number of annual activities will be organised around the main topic to allow members to exchange information and practices, and children to express views. ENOC will issue a policy Position Statement on Climate justice informed by ENOC members’ experience and by ENYA young advisors’ view. ENOC will also monitor, report and raise awareness of issues affecting children’s rights as they arise throughout the year. All ENOC activities are designed to strenghten the Network’s child rights advocacy work and to facilitate the implementation of high children’s rights standards at all elevels, especially those related to the intergration of a child rights-based approach in environment-related decision and policy making. A crucial part of ENOC’s work is its ENYA child participation project. ENOC’s objective is to include in a systematic and meaningful way the voices of children and young people. Expected results of ENOC activities include an increased knowledge by ENOC members & relevant stakeholders of Climate justice and other ad-hoc child rights issues; improved standards and extended use of good practices in ENOC member countries; adoption of common recommendations on climate justice addressed to competent authorities; increased impact of ENOC’s collective voice by integrating children’s voices and views and empowering their participation in ENOC’s activities and decision-making; enhanced promotion of ENOC’s role and activities, etc.