Climate Change and Human Rights: Amicable or Arrested Development?

Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 236, 2010

22 Pages Posted: 8 Sep 2010

Date Written: September 7, 2010

Abstract

This article considers the attention which is increasingly afforded to human rights norms in the attempt to highlight the challenges facing humankind as a result of climate change. It analyses the links between legal responses to climate change and human rights and argues that certain connections exist between the two. This is particularly the case in domestic settings. At the same time, a number of significant limitations exist which are likely to hamper the use of human rights law in climate change settings.

Keywords: Human rights, climate change

Suggested Citation

Pedersen, Ole Windahl, Climate Change and Human Rights: Amicable or Arrested Development? (September 7, 2010). Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 236, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1673123

Ole Windahl Pedersen (Contact Author)

Aarhus University ( email )

Nordre Ringgade 1
DK-8000 Aarhus C, 8000
Denmark
8000 (Fax)

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