COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE WHILE PROTECTING RIGHTS: DELIVERING ON THE PARIS PROMISES - GENDER EQUALITY
Direct Link to Full 21-Page 2017 Publication:
http://careclimatechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Delivering-On-Paris.pdf
The Paris Climate Agreement also placed climate action in the context of efforts to achieve sustainable development, stressing the relationship between climate action and poverty eradication. It further reaffirms the need for governments to respect and promote human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples, gender equality and the empowerment of women, the fundamental priority of safeguarding food security, the importance of public participation and access to information, the imperatives of a just transition and creation of decent work, and the importance of securing ecosystems integrity. The international community has long recognized that climate change poses a considerable threat to the realization of human rights, especially the rights of vulnerable people and local communities, and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Извор: WUNRN – 01.06.2017
