Environmental rights, justice and climate change


Autoria(s): Lewis, Bridget
Contribuinte(s)

Weber, Estelle

Data(s)

01/12/2009

Resumo

The human rights implications of climate change are increasingly gaining attention, with wider international acknowledgement that climate change poses a real threat to human rights. This paper considers the impact of climate change on human rights, looking particularly at the experiences of Torres Strait Islanders in northern Australia. It argues that human rights law offers a guiding set of principles which can help in developing appropriate strategies to combat climate change. In particular, the normative principles embodied in environmental rights can be useful in setting priorities and evaluating policies in response to climate change. The paper also argues that a human rights perspective can help address the underlying injustice of climate change: that it is the people who have contributed least to the problem who will bear the heaviest burden of its effects.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29511/

Publicador

Inter-Disciplinary Press

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29511/3/29511.pdf

http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/publishing/id-press/ebooks/environmental-ethics-sustainability-education/

Lewis, Bridget (2009) Environmental rights, justice and climate change. In Weber, Estelle (Ed.) Environmental Ethics: Sustainability and Education. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Freeland, Oxfordshire UK, pp. 63-79.

Direitos

Copyright 2009 Inter-Disciplinary Press

Fonte

Faculty of Law; School of Law

Palavras-Chave #180114 Human Rights Law #180111 Environmental and Natural Resources Law #180116 International Law (excl. International Trade Law) #environmental justice #human rights #environmental governance #climate change
Tipo

Book Chapter