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Environmental citizenship practices of children : pathways of public participation in global climate change governance
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Abstract
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| Attributing the characteristics of political actors tochildren is not necessarily immediate and conspicuous. This could be even moreso when environmentally concerned young people (environmental citizens) wish toact across national borders to address global environmental problems. Eventhough children are identified as key stakeholders in thesustainable implementation of long-term climate change policies, and theirinclusion in decision-making processes is recognized as a guarantee ofintergenerational equity, children’s access to different participatory methods, spaces andprocesses in public affairs has been subject of debate for decades. Moreover,the UN CRC does not guarantee the environmental rights of children per se, nordoes it provide an explicit reference to the right to public participation –although more general provisions and international soft-law documents supportthese notions. The interpretations of the applicability of the children’srights framework therefore depend on the context. Climate change governance,for example, is a particularly shaky area for civil participation, wherechildren’s ecological truths are not so much welcome, and have achieved littletangible impact so far – resulting in growing concerns and frustration of theyoung generations. Based ona socio-legal research, this PhD thesis takes into account three mainapproaches to children’s status and role in climate change governance: firstly,a theoretical introduction to new concepts such as the environmentalcitizenship of children, and decentred deliberation which allows participationon the global scale; secondly, the normative background of children’s right toparticipate in public affairs in the area of climate change, mainly at theinternational level; and thirdly, the social developments of the mainstreampathways of participation, including the recent emergence of climate changelawsuits and the global youth movement. The thesis offers recommendations forstrengthening the socio-legal- and policy framework which could provideexplicit guarantees for children to participate in climate change governance. |
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English
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Antwerp
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University of Antwerp, Faculty of Law, Law and Development Research Group
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2021
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416 p.
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Note
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Vandenhole, Wouter [Supervisor]
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Full text (open access)
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