Cameron, Edward2017-06-212017-06-212011-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27308Since 2005, a growing number of vulnerable communities and nations have used the human rights lexicon to argue their case for an urgent and ambitious response to climate change. The purpose of this Social Development Department Working paper is to examine the emergence of a new discourse linking climate change and human rights, and to assess its social and political implications, particularly as they relate to development practitioners. The scope of this paper is to explore what relevance this new discourse has on what David Kennedy calls the 'vocabularies, expertise, and sensibilities' of development practitioners (Kennedy 2005). The methodology for this paper involved interviews with academics and policy practitioners who have shaped this emerging discourse; a wide-ranging literature review of texts relevant to the fields of development, climate change and human rights; discussions with development professionals who have the daily responsibility of operationalizing approaches to reducing vulnerability and building resilience; and finally drawing upon the author's own experience leading the Maldives' government's initiative on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change and as a consultant within the Social Dimensions of Climate Change Cluster of the World Bank's Social Development Department. It is important to stress that this paper is not a legal piece. Human rights are as much about ethical demands, calls for social justice, public awareness, advocacy, and political action as they are concerned with legal norms and rules. Sen has pointed out a 'theory of human rights cannot be sensibly confined within the juridical model in which it is frequently incarcerated' (Sen 2004, 319). Consequently this piece will focus on the wider, political economy aspects of the interface between human rights and climate change. It is further appropriate to state that this is not an advocacy piece. The paper deliberately avoids being normative or prescriptive in recommending a human rights-based approach to developing climate change operations. It does examine why vulnerable populations chose to embrace this approach, why they continue to view it as a transformative strategy, and what some of the successes and challenges have been.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADEQUATE HEALTH CAREADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEAPPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGEATMOSPHEREBIODIVERSITYCAPACITY BUILDINGCARBON SINKSCASH CROPSCITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSISCLIMATE CHANGE DEBATECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE POLICYCLIMATE CHANGE REGIMECLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSESCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE IMPACTSCLIMATE REGIMECLIMATE SCIENCECLIMATE STABILIZATIONCLIMATE SYSTEMCLIMATE-RELATED EVENTSCONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGECONVERGENCECORAL REEFSCULTURAL RIGHTSCYCLE OF POVERTYCYCLONESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONSDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDIRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEDISABILITYDISASTERSDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDISEASESDIVERGENCEDRAFT RESOLUTIONDROUGHTECOLOGICAL SYSTEMSECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGEECOSYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMISSIONS FROM LAND USEEMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGEENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONETHNIC CLEANSINGEXPOSURE TO CLIMATE RISKSEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFLOODSFOOD PRODUCTIONFORESTFOREST CONSERVATIONFOREST DEGRADATIONFORESTRYFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTSFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER INEQUALITIESGLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATUREGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL COMPACTGLOBAL GREENHOUSE GASGLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGLOBAL TEMPERATUREGLOBAL WARMINGGOOD GOVERNANCEGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONSGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSHEALTH CAREHEALTH RISKSHUMAN BEINGSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DIMENSIONSHUMAN HEALTHHUMAN LIFEHUMAN RIGHTHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSHUMAN SECURITYHUMAN SETTLEMENTSHUMIDITYHURRICANESIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDIGENOUS POPULATIONSINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFORMED CONSENTINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERNATIONAL BORDERSINTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENTSINTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONSINTERNATIONAL COVENANTINTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCHINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTSINTERNATIONAL LAWLAND USELIVING CONDITIONSLOW-CARBONMALARIAMENTAL HEALTHMETHANEMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINORITYMOVEMENT OF PEOPLENATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL POLICYNATIONAL SECURITYNATURAL DISASTERSNUMBER OF DEATHSNUMBER OF PEOPLEPESTICIDESPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY REGIMEPOLITICAL ACTIONPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOOR HEALTHPOPULATION DENSITYPRACTITIONERSPRECIPITATIONPREVENTABLE DISEASESPROGRESSPUBLIC AFFAIRSPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC OPINIONPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SUPPORTRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL PATTERNSREGIONAL AGREEMENTSRESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGERESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIGHT TO LIFERIGHTS PERSPECTIVERURAL WOMENSAFE DRINKING WATERSEA LEVELSEA LEVEL RISESECURITY OF PERSONSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL DIMENSIONSSOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGESOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL SYSTEMSSOCIAL UNRESTSOCIETAL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGESOIL EROSIONSPECIESSPONSORSSTORM SURGESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE RISESTHREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGETREATIESTREATYTROPICAL STORMSTUBERCULOSISUNEMPLOYMENTVULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE POPULATIONSWARWATER SALINITYWEATHER CONDITIONSWINDOW OF OPPORTUNITYWORKFORCEDevelopment, Climate Change and Human Rights from the Margins to the Mainstream?Working PaperWorld Bank10.1596/27308