Today, on Human Rights Day, nearly 250 civil society organizations and 76 independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council are calling for human rights to be reflected in the UNFCCC process. With human beings increasingly impacted by both the causes and the consequences of climate change, it’s obvious that human rights are critical to an effective global solution for the current climate crisis. Yet Parties refuse to grasp what’s needed to effectively protect human rights and achieve climate justice. All Parties have existing obligations to protect human rights in the context of climate change and thus have duties to … Continue reading Reality Check: Human Rights and Climate Change