The Effect Of Climate Change On Human Rights: A Legal Study
- IJLLR Journal
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Basel Abou Rokba & Mohammad Ramin Hakimy, Scholars of International Law, Andhra University, India.
ABSTRACT
The impact of climate change on human rights is one of the most prominent issues of internal and international concern, given its close connection with human existence, especially in poor countries, where the human cost is increasing day by day, as climate change continues compared to what it was at the end of the nineteenth century. Due to the high temperatures caused especially by emissions of greenhouse gases, resulting in a large part from human activities. This phenomenon has become one of the biggest challenges that threatens human life, security and the environment. Indeed, according to the reports of the Human Rights Council, all human rights are likely to be affected by the phenomenon of global warming, and other rights seem to be more affected by this phenomenon, such as the right to life and the right to Adequate food, the right to water, the right to health, the right to a healthy environment, the right to housing, etc. In addition, global warming contributes to the displacement of millions of people due to desertification, water scarcity, floods and storms, and it also contributes to the attempt of large numbers of people to cross international borders to take refuge in other countries, escaping from hunger and squalid conditions, as well as its impact on many other rights.
Keywords: Climate Change, Human Rights, effect of climate change on human rights, international efforts to face climate change, Climate Change Refugees.
