CLIMATE CHANGE A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE

It has been found by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which tells us that mainly climate change is the result of human activity in human institutions in other words it is not a natural disaster it is a direct result of public policies and practices in the private sector. and to protect human rights and to take steps to strengthen and not just to step back and not violate human rights but to take action to protect human rights. what we want to see is that the response in Paris and beyond is a human rights issue.

 

The effects of climate change, for example, we know as proof that climate change has a direct impact on the right to health the right to water and sanitation the right to adequate housing, and even the people living on a small developing island means the right to self-determination. elsewhere and that could directly affect the right to life and we know that thousands have lost their right to life as a direct result of climate change it is not even a matter of where they are repairing the damage to the victims we want to strengthen supports that the principle of human rights to participate is respected and integrated into accounting so that those most affected are usually indigenous minorities migrating people with disabilities and as I said people living in small island communities say or coastal communities that their voices are heard in response so we know the two to avoid the worst effects of climate change, including human rights abuses.

But it will not help us to avoid all of them once we reach that goal in Paris. It is not just a political issue between governments. It is a very important human rights challenge. developing countries can take steps they know they need to restructure the economy in a climate-neutral and green way to use the term and if that does not happen we will need to see a more powerful human rights response to this challenge.