Climate Crisis: A Human Rights Threat?

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9
PROGRAM #10617 12:00 PM PT

Climate Crisis: A Human Rights Threat? 

Judges at the International Court of Justice have been asked by the United Nations to weigh in on what, exactly, international law requires states to do about climate change, and how to hold legally accountable those states that harm the climate. Activists say that the climate crisis threatens the human rights of the people who suffer the most from extreme heat, storms and floods.

Guest: Rubí Martínez, Deputy Managing Director, Climate Power en Acción, Los Angeles, CA.

New Attempt to Ban Dangerous Pesticide. The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on most food, except for 11 food and feed crops. This is the latest action after years of negotiations between the agency and the courts over whether to ban the insecticide, which is linked to adverse neurodevelopmental effects in children.

Guests: Dra. Margaret Reeves, Senior Scientist in Environmental Health and Workers’ Rights, Pesticide Action Network North America-PANNA, San Francisco, CA; Ángel García, Co-Director, Californians for Pesticide Reform, Lindsay, CA.

Photo: Cristian Ibarra Santillan/Flickr

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