Human rights and climate change : a review of the international legal dimensions

• Autore: McInerney-Lankford Siobhán <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 145 pages ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 344.04/6
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes - Law and legislation; Global warming - Law and legislation; Human rights
• Altri autori: DarrowMac RajamaniLavanya
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-92) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Human rights impacts of climate change : a survey of illustrative examples -- International environmental law & human rights law : basic concepts -- Application of human rights law to climate change -- UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and human rights frameworks : complementarities & challenges -- Potential operational implications & areas for further research.
• Sommario/riassunto: This Study explores arguments about the impact of climate change on human rights, examining the international legal frameworks governing human rights and climate change and identifying the relevant synergies and tensions between them. It considers arguments about (i) the human rights impacts of climate change at a macro level and how these impacts are spread disparately across countries; (ii) how climate change impacts human rights enjoyment within states and the equity and discrimination dimensions of those disparate impacts; and (iii) the role of international legal frameworks and mechanisms
• Titolo autorizzato: Human rights and climate change
• ISBN: 1-283-10012-6; 9786613100122; 0-8213-8723-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139650003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.