US joins UN resolution to protect human rights from climate change2

Submitted by miakah on Fri, 06/30/2017 - 11:11
Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
Duyck, S. 2017. US joins UN resolution to protect human rights from climate change. Climate Home.
Year Published: 
2017
Organization: 
NGO
Description: 

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution that calls for the protection of human rights from the impacts of climate change, with the support of the US. The US said climate change had “a range of implications for the effective enjoyment of human rights”, in a departure from recent diplomacy and Trump’s rhetoric.

Category: 
UN, climate change, adaptation, mitigation, children, youth, social justice, future, Trump administration

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Website: 
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/06/23/us-joins-global-resolution-protect-h…