Human rights and climate change / edited by Stephen Humphreys ; with a foreword by Mary Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humphreys, Stephen..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes.

Global warming--Law and legislation.

Global warming.

Climatic changes--Political aspects--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This inquiry into the human rights dimensions of climate change identifies future perspectives, concerns and dilemmas for law and policy.

Contents:

Introduction: Human rights and climate change / Stephen Humphreys

Competing claims : human rights and climate harms / Stephen Humphreys

Climate change, human rights and moral thresholds / Simon Caney

Equitable utilization of the atmosphere : a rights-based approach to climate change? / Dinah Shelton

Climate change, human rights and corporate accountability / Peter Newell

Rethinking human rights : the impact of climate change on the dominant discourse / Sam Adelman

The Kyoto Protocol and vulnerability : human rights and equity dimensions / Philippe Cullet

Forests, climate change and human rights : managing risks and trade-offs / Frances Seymour

Climate change and the right to the highest attainable standard of health / Paul Hunt and Rajat Khosla

Human rights and vulnerability to climate change / Jon Barnett

Climate change, evolution of disasters and inequality / John C. Mutter and Kye Mesa Barnard

Conceiving justice : articulating common causes in distinct regimes / Stephen Humphreys.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-84806-4

1-107-20820-3

1-282-63730-4

9786612637308

0-511-76914-8

0-511-76998-9

0-511-76691-2

0-511-76552-5

0-511-76830-3

OCLC:

645097785