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Africa: Human Rights Can Be a 'Strong Lever for Progress' in Climate Change, Says UN Rights Chief
- On Monday, Volker Türk, the UN’s top official for human rights, emphasized at a Geneva meeting that the climate emergency endangers fundamental human rights, including the right to life.
- Türk condemned fossil fuel companies for spreading false information and emphasized the need for stringent corporate responsibility, highlighting that most climate-related financing is provided as loans that add to the financial liabilities of developing nations.
- The Council heard that fossil fuels pervade our lives and economies, while experts emphasized that a just transition away from destructive activities must protect vulnerable groups through social protection systems.
- Türk highlighted that 3.3 billion people live in countries where debt payments exceed spending on health or education, and fewer than 9% of workers in highly climate-impacted nations have social protection.
- The discussions concluded that urgent action with an equitable roadmap is needed to rethink societies sustainably and ensure no one is left behind in the climate transition while inspiring hope this decade.
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The Manila TimesClimate crisis threatening right to life
The climate crisis is threatening the right to life, the UN human rights chief warned Monday,
Photo by depositphotos.com The head of the UN to ensure fundamental guarantees claims that the devastating impacts of climate change such as heat waves, floods or droughts affect the rights to life, health and a clean and sustainable environment. He also urges urgent action to build human rights-based economies. New York.- The climate crisis poses a direct threat to the fundamental rights of millions of people around the world, said Monday the U…
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By Ansumana Darboe Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could change everything for communities fighting climate change, if they know how to Use it. Right now, in places where the earth meets the sea, where forests breathe life into the atmosphere, and where the wind carries both hope and hardship, something powerful is happening. Communities are standing on the frontlines of climate action, often without realising they hold a key to unlocking billi…
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