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Human rights indicator of climate change
Source: ENN, Date: , 2009
Human rights can be a "compass" to guide research and policy
development for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies,
according to a report.The International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP) says
climate change will threaten — directly or indirectly — almost all
human rights, including the right to food, health and a livelihood. But
they have received little attention on the policy stage so far.
Human rights can be used as thresholds or minimum standards that
climate change, or policies to deal with it, must not breach, says
their report, released last month (24 June).
Local level data about the human costs of climate change are lacking
in many countries, particularly those where the effects will be
greatest, he says. Adaptation and mitigation policies that aim to lessen the impact of
climate change could also result in human rights infringements, the
report says. The carbon market could also hinder the development of poor
countries: "Every carbon credit sold to other countries ” will
represent a foregone opportunity for carbon-based development at home",
the report states.
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