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Human Rights and Climate Change:
An approach that puts people in the forefront of the debate
Dr Purna Sen (Author)
Series name:
Discussion Paper Series
Series number:
5
ISSN:
Categories:
*FREE* Policy Papers & Reports, Climate Change, Conservation and the Environment, Discussion Papers, Environmental Issues and Agriculture, Human Rights
ISBN No:
978-1-84859-053-3
Publication Date:
07-2009
Number of Pages:
8
Status:
In stock
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Description
A new awareness is growing of the human rights dimensions of climate change. This paper takes forward this discussion with particular attention to the Commonwealth context and the December 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Contents
Introduction: Why Rights?
Three Models
The planet as victim
People as victims
Human rights approaches
Which Rights?
Human rights enter the climate change arena
Key principles
The Commonwealth
What is to be Done?
Promote a human rights approach to climate change negotiations
Plan for internal and international displacement
Support the rights of indigenous peoples
Conclusion
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