1 UNICEF (2015), Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children, page 6 Ibid 3 Germanwatch, Global Climate Risk Index 2018 for the period 1997-2016: https://germanwatch.org/en/14638 4 Ibid. Only weather related events (storms, floods, as well as temperature extremes and mass movements (heat and cold waves etc.)) are incorporated, while geological incidents such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or tsunamis, are omitted. Germanwatch notes that “this event-related examination does not allow for an assessment of continuous changes of important climate parameters” such as substantial impacts arising from long-term declines in precipitation. 5 UNICEF (2016), The State of the World’s Children: https://www.unicef.org/sowc2016/ 6 Ibid. 7 UK Met Office (2016), Projections of mean sea level change for the Philippines 8 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2013), General Comment No. 15 on the Right of the Child to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Art. 24), paragraph 50. 9 See e.g. CRC Concluding Observations on Jamaica (2015); Saint Lucia (2014); Tuvalu (2013). 10 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 34th session of the Human Rights Council (2 March 2017) Panel discussion on climate change and the rights of the child: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ClimateChange/RightsChild/Update14.3/SandbergpresentationHRCclim atechangefinal2.pdf 11 See Concluding Observation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2016), available: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2fC%2fGBR%2fCO%2f 5&Lang=en 12 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Report of the 2016 Day of General Discussion, Children’s Rights and the Environment, available here: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CRC/Discussions/2016/DGDoutcomereport-May2017.pdf 13 See Concluding Observations: The Philippines, 2005 and 2009, available here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=5&TreatyID=10&Treat yID=11&DocTypeID=5 14 Republic Act No. 10821, 2016: http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2016/05/18/republic-act-no-10821/ 15 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2013), General Comment 16: State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children's rights 16 Ibid 17 Ibid, para 44 18 Heede, R. Tracing anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers, 1854–2010, Climatic Change (2014) 122: 229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-0986-y 19 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2013), General comment 16, Op Cit. para 30 20 Ibid, para 31 21 The Child Rights and Business Principles were developed by UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children, representing the first comprehensive set of principles to guide companies on the full range of actions they can take to respect and support children’s rights: http://childrenandbusiness.org/ 22 Ibid. See Child Rights and Business Principle 7. 23 Climate Vulnerable Forum Press Release: ‘20 Nations Call to Strengthen 2 Degrees Climate Goal’, 1 May 2015, http://www.preventionweb.net/files/44147_cvfpressrelease010515.pdf, accessed 10 November 2017 24 Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action: https://www.mrfcj.org/resources/geneva-pledge-humanrights/ 25 See UNICEF (2017) Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in the Philippines, p.26 https://www.unicef.org/philippines/UNICEFPHCLAC.pdf 26 Submission from the Philippines to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Analytical Study on the Relationship between Climate Change and the full and effective enjoyment of the Rights of the Child: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ClimateChange/RightsChild/Philippines.pdf 27 2014-2016 National Climate Change Adaptation in Health Strategic Plan (CCAH). The Strategic Plan states that vulnerable groups, including pregnant women and infants “should be mapped out and their special needs identified” (p.46) in order to address climate change impacts on their health through community-based interventions: http://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/publications/National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_in_Health_Strategic _Plan_2014-2016.pdf 28 UNICEF Philippines (2017) Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in the Philippines, Op Cit 29 Unicef UK (2015), ‘Children and the Changing Climate: Taking Action to Save Lives’, provides case studies of nine best-practice examples of a child rights-based approach to climate action from around the world, 30 UNICEF (2015), ‘Strengthening Resilience in a Changing Climate: Child-Centred DRR’ 31 UNICEF Philippines (2017) Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in the Philippines, Op Cit 32 Although the results are location-specific, a toolkit has been produced to be used as a guide for other communities that may wish to adopt this approach. See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyH6htOsSMk 2