VN joins panel on climate change’s impacts on children’s rights
Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, head of the Vietnamese delegation, participated in a panel discussion on adverse impacts of climate change on children’ rights, in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2, as a panellist.
Geneva (VNA)– Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, head of theVietnamese delegation, participated in a panel discussion on adverse impacts ofclimate change on children’ rights, in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2, as a panellist.
He highlighted wide-ranging effects ofclimate change on ensuring children’s rights in Vietnam, and suggesteddeveloping child-centred policies in climate change adaptation.
It is indispensable to increase publicknowledge and awareness on climate change and its impacts on children as wellas enhance regional and international cooperation in the field, he recommended.
He also mentioned challenges to combatnegative impacts of climate change on children’s rights.
For developing countries, the lack ofresources, and poor infrastructure and forecast capacity made it harder toadapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change on vulnerable groups,including children, he said.
The bigger challenge lay in raisingawareness on how climate change hurt children’s rights. Only when adultsfully comprehended how climate change could obstruct the growth of childrenwould the international community be able to build children-centred climatechange adaptation and mitigation policies, he added.
He shared Vietnam’s experience inintegrating children’s rights into climate change policies as well asunderlined the collaboration between the Vietnamese Government and the UnitedNations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and international partners in buildingchild-centred strategies to mitigate natural disaster risks.
The same day, Vietnam held an internationalworkshop to educate children on climate change, with the participation of morethan 100 delegates from the UN agencies and non-governmental organisations.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc sharedVietnam’s efforts in building policies and mobilising schools, communication,families and the whole society to raise awareness of climate change for children.
He stressed the importance of equippingchildren with basic knowledge about the environment, climate change, andnecessary skills to mitigate the risks of natural calamities.
He proposed step up internati🐭onalcooperation in this field, at the regional, inter-regional and global levelsalong with the bilateral cooperation among countries.-VNA
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Vietnam joins the discussion (Photo: VNA)
