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Mainstreaming Child Rights in National Climate Adaptation Policy Spaces
Polack, E. - 01-Jan-09
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IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13.5
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IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 13.5
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A child rights approach to adaptation planning could increase the resilience of children and their families to climate shocks and provide a firm base for adaptation - as would placing a climate lens on national child rights reporting. this briefing takes existing experience of child rights, child-led and child-sensitive approaches to development and applies them to national climate change policy. it asks how policymakers can formulate and implement adaptation policies that are in ‘the best interests of the child'.