Climate crisis affects human rights

Climate change is increasingly posing a threat to human rights, particularly in the poorest and most vulnerable communities, where displacement due to flooding or intense waves of clearing are most intense.

In addition, the United Nations has asked the judges of the International Court of Justice to rule on what international law requires States to do about climate change, and seeks to hold governments that damage the climate legally accountable.

Rubí Martínez, Deputy Director of Climate Power in Action, explains the relationship between climate change impacts and human rights.

The activist states that the climate crisis threatens the human rights of the people who suffer most from the consequences of extreme heat, storms and floods.

Rubí Martínez, says that the lack of resources forces them to live in areas most affected by climate change and talks about the UN court ruling and how it will impact them.

Global response to climate change from a human rights perspective.

What the organization expects on how the problem should be addressed, let’s hear from Rubi Martinez.

She shares the impact of the climate crisis in California, for example, which must be translated into public policy.

It must be recognized that the climate crisis affects human rights, but it is a great challenge and even more so now that the Trump administration is about to take office.