For many children in developing countries, the reality of climate change is intricately intertwined with children’s human rights to education, healthcare, shelter and sanitation...There is a generational divide between the people in leadership positions with spending and voting power and the people who will be most affected by climate-related policy decisions and government action: our children and grandchildren… [W]e must think not only of the problems these children face now; we must consider what they will face when they become the next generation of leaders…

According to a recent report from…the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…many effects of global warming…will persist even if we stopped global emissions today and thus will inevitably affect future generations... One first step to ensuring children’s rights...is to bring current leaders and future leaders together in an intergenerational effort… By encouraging dialogue between different generations, we can ensure that each generation is able to contribute their unique assets…to solve the most critical challenges connected to climate change.