Human Rights and Climate Change

Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century.

Links and Resources

Item from UNDP which details how climate changes impacts on vulnerable populations who have limited means to adapt to the effects of climate change. The article provides details of UNDP initiatives to address the issue, and argues that there has been progress in the struggle for climate justice.
An extract from an Amnesty International course “Human Rights and the Climate Crisis” which identifies the rights that are impacted by climate change ranging from the right to life to the right to self-determination.
New report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on the impacts of climate change on farms and rural households run by women in poor countries.
Interview with Professor Ian Fry, the inaugural UN Special Rapporteur on Climate. Professor Fry highlights the “enormous injustice” perpetrated by rich countries and major corporations, and describes his three priorities ahead of COP28: action on mitigation, the issue of loss and damage, and access and inclusion.