Items filtered by date: Wednesday, 02 July 2025
SADC Regional seminar spotlights children’s rights in climate crisis
A high-level regional seminar to address the impact of climate change on children is underway in Cape Town, South Africa, under the theme “Championing Collective Child-Responsive Climate Action.”
The seminar is taking place from 2 to 4 July 2025 at the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (UWC).
Call for SADC Parliamentarians to Put Children at the Heart of Climate Action
A SADC regional seminar on children’s rights and climate change got underway in Cape Town on 2 July 2025, with the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Botswana, Hon. Helen Manyeneng, challenging SADC parliamentarians to reimagine climate governance through the eyes of the region’s most vulnerable, its children.
Speaking at the opening of the seminar, Hon. Manyeneng, a member of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, made a call to action, warning that “the storm is already upon us” and that children are bearing the brunt.