In India, a week of activities and events were rolled out from National Children's Day on November 14 leading up to World Children’s Day (WCD). WCD is a global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on November 20 in 1989.
Nirmala Buch, President of CROMP, said that today we are here to testify children sharing the charter of demands on climate change. Let us seriously take what they are sharing with us and help them to make their voices heard and reach to the decision makers.
Pankaj Chaturvedi, BJP spokesperson, Madhya Pradesh appreciated the way of child representatives presented charter of demands related to climate change. We should include climate change action as part of the school curriculum and start teaching the children about it from very younger age. He said it is important for everyone to know the climate laws and help Government to implement it in an efficient way. He requested everyone present at the programme to pledge to take action against climate change, rather just taking about it.
Brajesh Chouhan, Member State Commission for Protection of Child Rights shared that, it is good to see children sharing their views and recommendations. PRATYEK and UNICEF through NINEISMINE campaign empowering the children to identity the root cause of the problem to derive to the conclusions to address it. He shared that as children shared slowly climate change is taking its toll on living beings.
Steve Rocha, Director of PRATYeK said, Children’s are not future, they are present. Their voices should be heard now to make a better future for them. There is no meaning for child rights without earth rights. If there is any disaster or calamities happens, automatically it effects the children and their rights get violated.
Anil Gulati, Communication expert, UNICEF Madhya Pradesh shared, we as an adult have a major role to play in making children’s voice heard at the decision-making levels.