Climate Change and Human Rights An international and comparative law perspective

• Other Authors: Quirico, Ottavio (Editor), Boumghar, Mouloud (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London New York Routledge 2016
• Series: Routledge research in international environmental law
• Subjects: Climatic changes > Law and legislation; Global warming > Law and legislation; Human rights; LAW / General; LAW / Environmental; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
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• Physical Description: xiv, 408 pages 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781138783218

Do anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions affect human rights? Should fundamental rights constrain climate policies? Scientific evidence demonstrates that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions contribute to increasing atmospheric temperatures, soon passing the compromising threshold of 2 Degrees C. Consequences such as Typhoon Haiyan prove that climate alteration has the potential to significantly impair basic human needs. Although the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and human rights regulatory regimes have so far proceeded separately, awareness is arising about their reciprocal implications. Based on tripartite fundamental obligations, this volume explores the relationship between climate change and interdependent human rights, through the lens of an international and comparative perspective. Along the lines of the metaphor of the `wall', the research ultimately investigates the possibility of overcoming the divide between universal rights and climate change, and underlying barriers