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While we largely understand climate change through the impacts it will have on our natural world,
it is the devastation that it is causing and will continue to cause for humanity that makes it an
There is growing evidence that major fossil fuel companies have known for decades about the
harmful effects of burning fossil fuels and have attempted to suppress that information and block
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THE PLANET'S CLIMATE has constantly been changing over geological time, with significant
climate change is already having an impact on human rights. And that this
impact will only intensify in coming years. It’s abundantly clear that climate
change is already having an impact on human rights. And that this impact
tropical storms sweeping across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean And The Pacific. During the
summer months for the northern hemisphere in 2018, communities from the Arctic Circle to
Greece, Japan, Pakistan and the USA experienced devastating heatwaves and wildfires that
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However, this current period of warming is occurring more rapidly than any past events. It has
become clear that humanity has caused most of the last century’s warming by releasing heat-
trapping gases—commonly referred to as greenhouse gases—to power our modern lives. We are
doing this through burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land-use and other activities that drive
climate change. Greenhouse gases are at the highest levels they have ever been over the last
800,000 years. This rapid rise is a problem because it’s changing our climate at a rate that is too
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Climate change involves not only rising temperatures, but also extreme weather events,
rising sea levels, shifting wildlife populations and habitats, and a range of other impacts.
We are humans who want the same thing every other human wants — a safe
place to live on this planet we call home. So while our work must continue to
be unbiased and objective, increasingly we are raising our voices, adding to the clear message
that climate change is real and humans are responsible, the impacts are serious and we must act
now.
There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming is mostly man-made: 97% of
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One of the biggest drivers by far is our burning of fossil fuels – coal, gas and oil – which has
increased the concentration of greenhouse gases – such as carbon dioxide – in our atmosphere.
This, coupled with other activities like clearing land for agriculture, is causing the average
temperature of our planet to increase. In fact, scientists are as certain of the link between
greenhouse gases and global warming as they are of the link between smoking and lung cancer.
This is not a recent conclusion. The scientific community has collected and studied the data on
this for decades. Warnings about global warming started making headlines back in the late
1980s.
In 1992, 165 nations signed an international treaty, the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC). They have held meetings annually ever since (called “Conference of the
Parties” or COP), with the aim of developing goals and methods to reduce climate change as well
as adapt to its already visible effects. Today, 197 countries are bound by the UNFCCC.
What are the effects of climate change?
The Wilmington community, they are mostly low income, so the heat waves are very detrimental
because they cannot afford air-conditioning. And because they are still close to the refineries and
to oil extraction, they have to shut their windows.
Climate change is and will continue to harm all of us unless governments take action. However,
its effects are likely to be much more pronounced for certain groups – for example, those
communities dependent on agricultural or coastal livelihoods – as well as those who are generally
already vulnerable, disadvantaged and subject to discrimination.
These are some of the ways climate change can and is exacerbating inequalities:
Between communities.
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Indigenous peoples are among the communities most impacted by climate change. They often
live in marginal lands and fragile ecosystems which are particularly sensitive to alterations in the
physical environment. They maintain a close connection with nature and their traditional lands on
Climate change is a human rights issue not only because its devastati ng impacts aff ect
the enjoyment of human rights, but also because it is a man-made phenomenon which
can be miti gated by governments.
After placing plantiffs in a position of climate danger, defendants have continued to act with
deliberate indifference to the known danger they helped create and enhance. A destabilized
climate system poses unusually serious risks of harm to plaintiff's lives and their bodily integrity
and dignity.
Juliana vs United States Government, Lawsuit filed by Children Against the US Government
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climate change.
Fighting climate change gives us a chance to put the wellbeing of people first by ensuring a right
to a healthy environment. This will give us an opportunity to enhance human rights, for example
by enabling more people to access cleaner and cheaper energy resources and create job
There is an whaturgent need to put people and human rights at the centre of the climate change
conversation. For Amnesty International and other human rights organizations, this means
pushing for accountability for states who fail to act on climate change, just as we do with other
Amnesty International’s work on climate change has included standing up for human rights in
climate change, and supporting environmental groups as they put forward human rights
arguments.
people’s rights and how people are responding to the reality and the
Defending the civic space for information, participation and mobilization will also contribute
towards promoting more progressive climate policies. Effects that scientists had predicted in the
past would result from global climate change are now occurring: loss of sea ice, accelerated sea
level rise and longer, more intense heat waves. Effects that scientists had predicted in the past
would result from global climate change are now occurring: loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level
Droughts in the Southwest and heat waves (periods of abnormally hot weather lasting days to
weeks) everywhere are projected to become more intense, and cold waves less intense
everywhere.
We will deepen our involvement by playing a galvanizing role for the human rights community as
it shows how climate change is impacting people’s rights. They experience markedly higher …
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