Climate Classroom @ COP29 – Climate Change and Human Rights

The Class

The climate crisis is also a human rights crisis. The adverse effects of climate change have a range of implications, both direct and indirect, for the effective enjoyment of human rights, such as the right to life, the right to food, and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, among others. At the same time, international human rights law requires States and businesses to limit the adverse human rights impacts of climate change – including by limiting greenhouse gas emissions and providing means for people to adapt to climate impacts as well as effective remedy for loss and damage.

This class will explore the important nexus between climate change and human rights. It will provide participants with an introduction to the human rights impacts of climate change, explore the evolution of climate change and human rights discussions within the UN system, and identify what a human rights-based approach to climate action entails.

 

The Teachers

Rina KUUSIPALO is a Human Rights Officer in the Environment and Climate Change Team of the UN Human Rights Office, working on various matters relating to the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and the triple planetary crisis, including climate change. She has previously worked at UNEP, UNRWA, the UN Office of Legal Affairs, and the International Court of Justice, on topics relating to public international law, environment, and human rights.

When & Where?

Monday 4th November 2024, at 2:00 PM CET (Check your timezone)

Online videoconference Zoom.

Additional Resources

 

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