Climate Insecurity Impacts on Children and Armed Conflict - Contact Details:

This research specifically explores the impacts of climate insecurity on the six grave violations against children monitored through the CAAC Agenda, namely, the recruitment and use of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence, killing and maiming, attacks on schools and hospitals, abduction, and the denial of humanitarian access. [...] Introduction 10 Following the 1996 publication of the seminal report on the impact of armed conflict on children prepared by Graça Machel,3 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) created the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG CAAC) through resolution 51/77.4 While the mandate derives from the UNGA, the UN Security Council took CAAC as a mat. [...] In its “Study on the evolution of the Children and Armed Conflict mandate 1996-2021” when taking stock of the results achieved to date, the OSRSG CAAC identified opportunities and risks in engaging with parties to conflict in order to improve the protection of children and prevent grave violations against children from occurring in the first place.7 The aggravating role of climate change emerged a. [...] First, that there is a gap in the overall understanding of children affected by armed conflict in the peace and security discussions, and between the agendas of the Security Council working to address both the issue of Children and Armed Conflict and Climate, Peace, and Security. [...] The UN Member States who are championing both these agendas in the Security Council and more widely in the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly could strengthen collaboration by, for instance, convening discussions in the Groups of Friends of CAAC and Climate, Peace, and Security to gain a greater awareness and understanding of the impacts on children specifically.