Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions

The 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...

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Main Authors: McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan, Darrow, Mac, Rajamani, Lavanya
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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topic ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ADEQUATE FOOD
ADEQUATE PROTECTION
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
APPLICABLE LAW
ARBITRARY DETENTION
ARMED CONFLICTS
ATMOSPHERE
BASES
BASIS OF RACE
CARBON
CHILD DEATH
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CHILD PROSTITUTION
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS
CLIMATE DISASTERS
CLIMATE POLICIES
CLIMATE RESPONSE
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CO
COLORS
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
CULTURAL RIGHTS
DEGRADING TREATMENT
DESERTIFICATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DISABILITY
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTERS
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISEASES
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC LAW
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
ELDERLY
EMISSION
EMISSION REDUCTION
EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EQUAL PARTICIPATION
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
EXPOSURE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREST
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENOCIDE
GHG
GHGS
GLACIERS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL COMPACT
GLOBAL WARMING
GOOD FAITH
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROUNDS OF RACE
HEALTH BURDEN
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN COMMUNITIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DIGNITY
HUMAN HEALTH
HUMAN NEEDS
HUMAN RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
HUMAN WELFARE
ICE SHEETS
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESS
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIGENOUS GROUPS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
IPCC
LABOUR MARKET
LAND DEGRADATION
LARGE POPULATIONS
LEADING CAUSES
LEGAL AUTHORITY
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL OBLIGATION
LEGAL STATUS
LIFESTYLES
LINGUISTIC MINORITIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MANDATES
MENTAL HEALTH
MIGRANT
MIGRANT WORKERS
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINORITY
MORTALITY
NATIONAL BORDERS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATIONAL SECURITY
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITION
OZONE
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PEACE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PERSONAL CAPACITY
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH
PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROGRESS
QUALITY OF WATER
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATES
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE
RIGHT TO LIFE
RIGHTS OF PERSONS
RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SANITATION
SCENARIOS
SEA LEVEL
SOCIAL COUNCIL
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPECIES
STORM SURGES
STORMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPERATURE
TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES
TREATIES
TREATY
TROPICAL CYCLONES
UNEP
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLIES
WEATHER CONDITIONS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ADEQUATE FOOD
ADEQUATE PROTECTION
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
APPLICABLE LAW
ARBITRARY DETENTION
ARMED CONFLICTS
ATMOSPHERE
BASES
BASIS OF RACE
CARBON
CHILD DEATH
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CHILD PROSTITUTION
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS
CLIMATE DISASTERS
CLIMATE POLICIES
CLIMATE RESPONSE
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CO
COLORS
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
CULTURAL RIGHTS
DEGRADING TREATMENT
DESERTIFICATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DISABILITY
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTERS
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISEASES
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC LAW
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
ELDERLY
EMISSION
EMISSION REDUCTION
EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EQUAL PARTICIPATION
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
EXPOSURE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREST
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENOCIDE
GHG
GHGS
GLACIERS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL COMPACT
GLOBAL WARMING
GOOD FAITH
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROUNDS OF RACE
HEALTH BURDEN
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN COMMUNITIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DIGNITY
HUMAN HEALTH
HUMAN NEEDS
HUMAN RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
HUMAN WELFARE
ICE SHEETS
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESS
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIGENOUS GROUPS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
IPCC
LABOUR MARKET
LAND DEGRADATION
LARGE POPULATIONS
LEADING CAUSES
LEGAL AUTHORITY
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL OBLIGATION
LEGAL STATUS
LIFESTYLES
LINGUISTIC MINORITIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MANDATES
MENTAL HEALTH
MIGRANT
MIGRANT WORKERS
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINORITY
MORTALITY
NATIONAL BORDERS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATIONAL SECURITY
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITION
OZONE
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PEACE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PERSONAL CAPACITY
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH
PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROGRESS
QUALITY OF WATER
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATES
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE
RIGHT TO LIFE
RIGHTS OF PERSONS
RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SANITATION
SCENARIOS
SEA LEVEL
SOCIAL COUNCIL
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPECIES
STORM SURGES
STORMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPERATURE
TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES
TREATIES
TREATY
TROPICAL CYCLONES
UNEP
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLIES
WEATHER CONDITIONS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
Darrow, Mac
Rajamani, Lavanya
Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions
relation World Bank Study
description The 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.
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author McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
Darrow, Mac
Rajamani, Lavanya
author_facet McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
Darrow, Mac
Rajamani, Lavanya
author_sort McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
title Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions
title_short Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions
title_full Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions
title_fullStr Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions
title_full_unstemmed Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions
title_sort human rights and climate change : a review of the international legal dimensions
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2291
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spelling okr-10986-22912021-04-23T14:02:00Z Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan Darrow, Mac Rajamani, Lavanya ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADEQUATE FOOD ADEQUATE PROTECTION AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION APPLICABLE LAW ARBITRARY DETENTION ARMED CONFLICTS ATMOSPHERE BASES BASIS OF RACE CARBON CHILD DEATH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHILD PROSTITUTION CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE DISASTERS CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE RESPONSE CLIMATE SYSTEM CO COLORS COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE CULTURAL RIGHTS DEGRADING TREATMENT DESERTIFICATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DISABILITY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTERS DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC LAW DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELDERLY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUAL PARTICIPATION ETHICAL PRINCIPLES EXPOSURE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREST FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENOCIDE GHG GHGS GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL COMPACT GLOBAL WARMING GOOD FAITH GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUNDS OF RACE HEALTH BURDEN HEALTH CARE HEALTH RISKS HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN COMMUNITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN NEEDS HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HUMAN WELFARE ICE SHEETS ILL HEALTH ILLNESS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TREATIES IPCC LABOUR MARKET LAND DEGRADATION LARGE POPULATIONS LEADING CAUSES LEGAL AUTHORITY LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL OBLIGATION LEGAL STATUS LIFESTYLES LINGUISTIC MINORITIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MANDATES MENTAL HEALTH MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MORTALITY NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL SECURITY NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION OZONE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PEACE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PERSONAL CAPACITY PHYSICAL INTEGRITY POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL RIGHTS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS QUALITY OF WATER RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REGIONAL AGREEMENTS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESPECT RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATES RIGHT TO EDUCATION RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE RIGHT TO LIFE RIGHTS OF PERSONS RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES RIGHTS OF WOMEN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SCENARIOS SEA LEVEL SOCIAL COUNCIL SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SPECIES STORM SURGES STORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES TREATIES TREATY TROPICAL CYCLONES UNEP UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WEATHER CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The 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. 2012-03-19T09:03:23Z 2012-03-19T09:03:23Z 2011-03-17 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110425021031 978-0-8213-8720-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2291 English World Bank Study CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication