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

McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan; Darrow, Mac; Rajamani, Lavanya

dc.creator	McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
dc.creator	Darrow, Mac
dc.creator	Rajamani, Lavanya
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:03:23Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:03:23Z
dc.date	2011-03-17
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:34:12Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:34:12Z
dc.identifier	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
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8720-7
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2291
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242673
dc.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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	World Bank Study
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	ADEQUATE FOOD
dc.subject	ADEQUATE PROTECTION
dc.subject	AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	APPLICABLE LAW
dc.subject	ARBITRARY DETENTION
dc.subject	ARMED CONFLICTS
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	BASES
dc.subject	BASIS OF RACE
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CHILD DEATH
dc.subject	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
dc.subject	CHILD PROSTITUTION
dc.subject	CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE DISASTERS
dc.subject	CLIMATE POLICIES
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESPONSE
dc.subject	CLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subject	CO
dc.subject	COLORS
dc.subject	COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
dc.subject	CULTURAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	DEGRADING TREATMENT
dc.subject	DESERTIFICATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	DISABILITY
dc.subject	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject	DISASTERS
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subject	DISEASES
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DOMESTIC LAW
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS REDUCTION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	EQUAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
dc.subject	EXPOSURE
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject	FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUELS
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
dc.subject	FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	FUTURE GENERATIONS
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	GENOCIDE
dc.subject	GHG
dc.subject	GHGS
dc.subject	GLACIERS
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GLOBAL COMPACT
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	GOOD FAITH
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROUNDS OF RACE
dc.subject	HEALTH BURDEN
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH RISKS
dc.subject	HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN BEINGS
dc.subject	HUMAN COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN DIGNITY
dc.subject	HUMAN HEALTH
dc.subject	HUMAN NEEDS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHT
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
dc.subject	HUMAN WELFARE
dc.subject	ICE SHEETS
dc.subject	ILL HEALTH
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS GROUPS
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	LABOUR MARKET
dc.subject	LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject	LARGE POPULATIONS
dc.subject	LEADING CAUSES
dc.subject	LEGAL AUTHORITY
dc.subject	LEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	LEGAL OBLIGATION
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LIFESTYLES
dc.subject	LINGUISTIC MINORITIES
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MANDATES
dc.subject	MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MINORITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL BORDERS
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subject	NATIONAL SECURITY
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OZONE
dc.subject	PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
dc.subject	PEACE
dc.subject	PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
dc.subject	PERSONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	POLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	POPULATION GROUPS
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF WATER
dc.subject	RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATES
dc.subject	RIGHT TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	RIGHT TO LIFE
dc.subject	RIGHTS OF PERSONS
dc.subject	RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
dc.subject	RIGHTS OF WOMEN
dc.subject	RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE
dc.subject	SAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SCENARIOS
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL
dc.subject	SOCIAL COUNCIL
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	SPECIES
dc.subject	STORM SURGES
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES
dc.subject	TREATIES
dc.subject	TREATY
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject	UNEP
dc.subject	UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLIES
dc.subject	WEATHER CONDITIONS
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title	Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication