Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Climate Governance

The book explores how human rights can be integrated into climate governance to develop effective and equitable solutions to climate change. It features contributions from leading scholars and practitioners and provides a comprehensive analysis of the opportunities and challenges in this area.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 430 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Over the past decade, the world has grappled with the intricate connections between efforts to combat climate change and the protection of human rights worldwide. The Paris Climate Agreement, adopted in December 2015, acknowledged the importance of governments considering their human rights obligations when taking climate action. However, significant gaps persist in understanding how human rights can be effectively utilized to develop and implement equitable and practical solutions to climate change at various governance levels.

This book brings together esteemed scholars and practitioners to provide a timely and comprehensive examination of the opportunities and challenges for integrating human rights in diverse aspects and forms of global climate governance. The first half delves into how human rights principles and obligations can be used to reimagine climate governance and shape responses to specific aspects of climate change. The second half identifies lessons learned in the integration of human rights in climate advocacy and governance and outlines future directions in this rapidly evolving field.

Featuring a diverse range of contributors and case studies, this Handbook will serve as an invaluable resource for students, scholars, practitioners, and policy makers interested in climate law and governance, human rights, and international environmental law.

Weight: 808g
Dimension: 173 x 244 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367518769