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    Sheila Watt-Cloutier will give a public lecture on climate change, human rights, and the UN COP-17 negotiations. As the former international Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Watt-Cloutier has advocated for Northern and Inuit peoples who are disproportionately affected by climate change. She was among the first to link climate change to human rights. The lecture coincides with the UN COP-17 negotiations, which is the final opportunity for the world to ratify a post-Kyoto climate agreement.

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    Sheila Watt-Cloutier will give a public lecture on climate change, human rights, and the UN COP-17 negotiations. As the former international Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Watt-Cloutier has advocated for Northern and Inuit peoples who are disproportionately affected by climate change. She was among the first to link climate change to human rights. The lecture coincides with the UN COP-17 negotiations, which is the final opportunity for the world to ratify a post-Kyoto climate agreement.

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    Sheila Watt-Cloutier will give a public lecture on climate change, human rights, and the UN COP-17 negotiations. As the former international Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Watt-Cloutier has advocated for Northern and Inuit peoples who are disproportionately affected by climate change. She was among the first to link climate change to human rights. The lecture coincides with the UN COP-17 negotiations, which is the final opportunity for the world to ratify a post-Kyoto climate agreement.

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    GENV 4991 Arctic Environmental Change presents:

    A PUBLIC LECTURE BY

    SHEILA WATT-CLOUTIER

    Climate Change, Human Rights, and the UN COP-17 Negotiations
    Date: Time: Location:
    Sheila Watt-Cloutier

    As former international Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Watt-Cloutier has worked extensively at the UN level to advocate on behalf of Northern and Inuit peoples, who are disproportionately affected by climate change. She was amongst the first to link climate change within a human rights framework and, as a result, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. This public lecture coincides with the UN international climate change negotiations, COP-17, which is the final opportunity for the world to ratify a post-Kyoto Protocol agreement. This is Watt- New Brunswick and as a Visiting Scholar at Mount Allison University.

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