Rights of Children and Youth in the Climate Crisis

Aoife Daly is Professor of Law at University College Cork and specialises in human rights law. In 2023, she secured a European Research Council Consolidator Grant for her project Youth Climate Justice, to carry out a large-scale research study (2023–2028) on child/youth climate justice - inside and outside the courts - around the world. The project involves an interdisciplinary team working with children, youth, and others to analyse their experiences of youth climate action in climate cases, at COP, and in their communities.Florencia Paz Landeira is a postdoctoral researcher with the Youth Climate Justice project at University College Cork. Florencia holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the National University of San Martín, Argentina. Her academic research and teaching focus on childhood policies and children’s rights within the context of the climate crisis and situated socio-environmental conflicts.Liesl Muller is a PhD researcher with the Youth Climate Justice project at University College Cork. She holds an LLM from the University of the Witwatersrand and an LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from the University of Pretoria, UP. She is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa practising at the Centre for Child Law, UP, where she represents children and youth in strategic litigation on social justice issues.

• Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Climate Change, Children/Youth, and the Right to a Healthy Environment Chapter 3 From Protection to Participation: Climate Change and Children’s Rights Under the CRC Chapter 4 The Rise of Child and Youth Climate Action Chapter 5 Child/Youth Climate Action and Climate Governance: Local to International Arenas Chapter 6 Child and Youth-Involved Climate Litigation: Child/Youth Climate Action in the Courts Chapter 7 Child/Youth-Involved Climate Litigation: Outcomes and Impacts Chapter 8 Conclusion