McInerney-Lankford, SiobhanDarrow, MacRajamani, Lavanya2012-03-192012-03-192011-03-17978-0-8213-8720-7https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2291The study includes a conceptual overview of the link between climate impacts and human rights, focused on the relevant legal obligations underpinning the international law frameworks governing both human rights and climate change. As such it makes a significant contribution to the global debate on climate change and human rights by offering a comprehensive analysis of the international legal dimensions of this intersection. The study helps advance an understanding of what is meant, in legal and policy terms, by the human rights impacts of climate change through examples of specific substantive rights. It gives a legal and theoretic perspective on the connection between human rights and climate change along three dimensions: first, human rights may affect the enjoyment of human rights. Second, measures to address human rights may impact the realization of rights and third, that human rights have potential relevance to policy and operational responses to climate change, and may promote resilience to climate change, including in developing countries in a way that may help sustainable development. This study effectively consolidates knowledge from the fields of international human rights law, international law governing climate change and international environmental law, building on the existing work of the United Nation (UN) office of the high commissioner on human rights, the UN human rights council and the international council on human rights policy. Although it maintains a legal focus, the study has benefited from the input of a host of international experts from other disciplines as well.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONADEQUATE FOODADEQUATE PROTECTIONAFFIRMATIVE ACTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAPPLICABLE LAWARBITRARY DETENTIONARMED CONFLICTSATMOSPHEREBASESBASIS OF RACECARBONCHILD DEATHCHILD PORNOGRAPHYCHILD PROSTITUTIONCLEAN TECHNOLOGYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONSCLIMATE DISASTERSCLIMATE POLICIESCLIMATE RESPONSECLIMATE SYSTEMCOCOLORSCOMPLAINTS PROCEDURECULTURAL RIGHTSDEGRADING TREATMENTDESERTIFICATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT GOALSDISABILITYDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTERSDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDISEASESDISSEMINATIONDOMESTIC LAWDRINKING WATERDROUGHTECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTECONOMIC RIGHTSELDERLYEMISSIONEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION MEASURESEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMISSIONS REDUCTIONEMISSIONS REDUCTIONSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEQUAL PARTICIPATIONETHICAL PRINCIPLESEXPOSUREFINANCIAL SUPPORTFINANCIAL SYSTEMFLOODSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFORESTFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONFOSSIL FUELSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSFUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTSFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTSFUTURE GENERATIONSGENDER DIFFERENCESGENOCIDEGHGGHGSGLACIERSGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL COMPACTGLOBAL WARMINGGOOD FAITHGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROUNDS OF RACEHEALTH BURDENHEALTH CAREHEALTH RISKSHEALTHY ENVIRONMENTHUMAN BEINGSHUMAN COMMUNITIESHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DIGNITYHUMAN HEALTHHUMAN NEEDSHUMAN RIGHTHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONSHUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDSHUMAN RIGHTS TREATIESHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSHUMAN WELFAREICE SHEETSILL HEALTHILLNESSIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOME INEQUALITYINDIGENOUS GROUPSINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDIVIDUAL RIGHTSINFECTIOUS DISEASESINTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCEINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL COVENANTINTERNATIONAL EMISSIONSINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWINTERNATIONAL LAWINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL TREATIESIPCCLABOUR MARKETLAND DEGRADATIONLARGE POPULATIONSLEADING CAUSESLEGAL AUTHORITYLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL OBLIGATIONLEGAL STATUSLIFESTYLESLINGUISTIC MINORITIESLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALARIAMANDATESMENTAL HEALTHMIGRANTMIGRANT WORKERSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINORITYMORTALITYNATIONAL BORDERSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVELSNATIONAL SECURITYNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNEGATIVE IMPACTSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUTRITIONOZONEPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPEACEPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESPERSONAL CAPACITYPHYSICAL INTEGRITYPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION GROWTHPRECAUTIONARY APPROACHPRIMARY EDUCATIONPROGRESSQUALITY OF WATERRACIAL DISCRIMINATIONREGIONAL AGREEMENTSRESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGERESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRESPECTRESPONSIBILITIES OF STATESRIGHT TO EDUCATIONRIGHT TO HEALTH CARERIGHT TO LIFERIGHTS OF PERSONSRIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESRIGHTS OF WOMENRIGHTS PERSPECTIVESAFE DRINKING WATERSANITATIONSCENARIOSSEA LEVELSOCIAL COUNCILSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSPECIESSTORM SURGESSTORMSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTEMPERATURETRADITIONAL SOCIETIESTREATIESTREATYTROPICAL CYCLONESUNEPUNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEESVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE POPULATIONSWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLIESWEATHER CONDITIONSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8720-7