In its COB to Germany, the Committee the impacts of climate change on children’s rights noted with appreciation the adoption of the climate in its State reporting procedure and its General action law, but argued that plans for the reduction of Comments (GCs) and thematic work. [...] In a and that national policies and programs on climate Joint Statement with the Special Representative of the change be implemented “in accordance with the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, principles of the Convention and taking into account the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children’s needs and views.” Violence against Children, UNICEF, and the United Natio. [...] In its COB to the Netherlands, the Committee recom- In 2022, the CRC referred to climate change in mended that the State party “[c]ontinue to examine twenty-five State review processes — in either and adapt its legislative framework (civil, criminal Concluding Observations (COBs), Lists of Issues and administrative) to ensure the legal accountability (LOIs), or Lists of Issues Prior to Reporting (. [...] In its COB to the use of coal, oil and natural gas by investing in Greece, the Committee recommended that the State renewable energy, energy storage and energy efficiency party “[c]onsider the impact of climate change on to address the climate crisis.” the rights of the child in its energy policy, including in relation to fossil fuel extraction and fossil fuels The draft GC then addresses general. [...] The draft recommendations issued to States with regards to GC then addresses the right to a clean, healthy, and the rights of children and the environment and to sustainable environment, stating that this is “implicit develop a comprehensive interpretative statement on in, and directly linked to, in particular, the rights to the implementation of the Convention.
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