Our Kids’ Climate’s Statement on COP28 The COP28 global climate talks are over. What’s Our Kids’ Climate’s assessment? For the first time, we have a global climate agreement that calls on governments to “transition away from fossil fuels.” This sends a critical and long overdue signal that [...]
Feeling the Heat - How heatwaves are affecting the world's children This media brief looks at the impact of heatwaves on the world’s children. It has been compiled by Our Kids’ Climate, a network of parent-led, family focused climate groups and leaders from across the globe, based on available [...]
Parents and kids ask world’s biggest carmaker to change course –Parents’ video has 136,000 views on Facebook –The world’s biggest and highest-emissions carmaker, Toyota, has its annual shareholders meeting today (Wednesday June 14th). –Toyota says it is planning to increase sales of fossil-fuel burning combustion engine vehicles to a [...]
Mothers plea for climate action for children’s sake in response to IPCC Synthesis report. The IPCC report warns “there is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all" In reaction to today’s IPCC Synthesis report, mothers from across the globe, [...]
In a first, at COP27 countries are urged to include children in the design and implementation of climate policies Children First Climate Movement welcomes recognition by countries at COP27 that children are agents of change that should be included in the design and implementation of climate-related policies and [...]
Mothers react to close of COP 27: More work needed to safeguard children’s lives and health Mothers have issued statements on the close of the COP27 Climate Summit, welcoming the creation of a Loss and Damage Fund, but saying that not enough action has been taken to phase [...]
PRESS RELEASE Mothers make heart-felt plea to leaders to put Kids First at COP27 climate summit Children and those yet to be born are bearing the brunt of a crisis they didn't cause, mothers say Mothers from Our Kids’ Climate and Parents For Future Global - two networks [...]
Mothers, WHO urge COP26 President Sharma to help place health impacts of fossil fuels and children’s rights at centre of climate talks Alok Sharma met mothers representing hundreds of parents’ campaign groups and the WHO to talk about their call to end new fossil fuels for childrens’ [...]
Parents call for a global treaty to end fossil fuels ahead of Stockholm+50 27 May - Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first international UN summit on the environment, parents, grandparents and carers from 32 countries have come together to demand a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty [...]
Parents react to close of COP 26 Parents have issued heart-felt statements on the close of the COP26 Climate Summit, saying that not enough action has been taken to keep the world’s children safe from devastating climate breakdown. The parents are from two global networks, Our Kids’ [...]
