ABSTRACT

This chapter focuses on the impacts of Global climate change (GCC) on children in the Global South, highlighting the general vulnerabilities of children as a group, but also examining the multiple layers of discrimination that many children suffer and how GCC will exacerbate these challenges. Children's rights, enshrined and safe-guarded in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), have been ratified by every United Nations (UN) member state, except Somalia and the United States (US). Children are also among those most susceptible to the psychological impacts of GCC. The child-centered approach to development is based on child rights and places children at the heart of efforts to secure their rights and fulfill their development aspirations. The approach is also about engaging with support structures and institutions at all levels to secure children's rights. Indeed, how children's vulnerabilities to GCC are shaped by layers of discrimination faced on daily basis is also key element of an effective, child-centered response.