The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued legal guidance on Monday outlining measures Governments must take to protect children from climate change.

General Comment No. 26 highlights the connection between children’s rights and the environmental crisis, marking a major step forward in ensuring that they live in a clean, healthy and sustainable world.

UN News’s Bessie Du spoke to Āniva Clarke, a 17-year-old climate activist from Samoa and member of the Children’s Advisory Team helping to spread awareness about the new guidance.

Āniva began by talking about her own activism, how climate change is affecting Samoa and other Pacific islands, and why General Comment No. 26 will make ‘a huge difference’ for children and young people worldwide.