ABSTRACT
Countries in the Global South experience the impacts of climate change disproportionately. In the South Asian region, Bangladesh is at the front line of climate change’s impacts. The Long-Term Climate Risk Index reported 185 extreme weather events occurring in the last two decades. Given Bangladesh’s geographical characteristics and pre-existing social conditions, Bangladeshi children are particularly vulnerable to the direct and indirect consequences of climate change, including on their health. These impacts affect the rights guaranteed internationally and nationally to Bangladeshi children. As climate change litigation is becoming a global strategic tool to safeguard rights, this chapter discusses the value and potential of child-led climate change litigation in Bangladesh as a tool to build resilience in the face of vulnerabilities. Applying transplantation theory, the chapter examines the possibilities for child-led climate change litigation in Bangladesh with reference to child-led climate case(s) in India and Pakistan.
