
Climate Change
The climate crisis is the biggest global threat to human rights we’ve seen in our lifetime. From burning forests to sweltering cities, parched farmlands to storm-battered coasts, climate change is taking a mounting toll on lives and livelihoods around the globe. Unless governments act boldly—and quickly—to massively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the situation could become unimaginably worse. Rising sea levels and massive food shortages could drive hundreds of millions of people from their homes. Conflicts over increasingly scarce resources could multiply exponentially, fueling violence, virulent nationalism, xenophobia, and authoritarian rule. The capacity of states to protect the rights of the most at-risk populations could be severely strained and, in many places, broken. Our ability to avert this dystopian future will likely depend, in large measure, on what governments do to uphold the rights of people today—those already enduring the impacts of climate change and those on the front lines of efforts to contain it.
Videos
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COP26: Don’t Be Fooled by Bolsonaro’s Pledges
Brazil Still Lacks Credible Plan to Save Rainforest as Amazon Crisis Persists
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Canada: Disastrous Impact of Extreme Heat
Failure to Protect Older People, People with Disabilities in British Columbia
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News
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Role of Fossil Fuels Absent at Plastics Treaty Negotiations
Governments Need to Prioritize Human Rights, Reduce Plastic Production
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Australia: Deliver on Human Rights Pledges
A Year in Office, More to be done on Climate, First Nations Justice, Refugees
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Plastics Treaty: Phase Out Fossil Fuels to End Pollution
Countries Should Commit to More Ambitious Actions at Second Negotiation
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Swiss 'Senior Women' Take Government to Court over Climate Change
Failure to Reduce Emissions Threatens Human Rights
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UN General Assembly Seeks World Court Ruling on Climate Change
Landmark Resolution Addresses Rights, Obligations
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Submission on the General Comment on Children’s Rights and the Environment with a Special Focus on Climate Change
February 2023
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Nepal: Dengue Surge Exposes Climate Risk
Government Should Confront Growing Threat of Tropical Diseases
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Governments Should Commit to Fossil Fuel Phase Out at COP27
Fossil Fuels Drive the Climate Crisis, Human Rights Harms
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COP27: Governments Should Reject Weak Carbon Market Rules
Proposal Undermines Rights Protection, Climate Action