Climate change is now a human rights emergency. UN leaders and scientists warn that rising temperatures are violating rights ...

Over the next two weeks, over 100 countries and international organizations will participate in hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague as part of historic proceedings on ...

Amnesty International called on world leaders Monday to adopt a comprehensive plan for transitioning away from fossil fuels and to take urgent measures to address climate change and its devastating ...

(Bonn) – Governments attending UN climate talks in Bonn from June 3 to June 13, 2024, should push for rights-respecting and ambitious climate action, Human Rights Watch said today. The Bonn Climate ...

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The decision by the international tribunal in Costa Rica could reshape domestic climate cases across Latin America. A human rights court is poised to issue an opinion Thursday that could have ...

Young climate activists who brought a landmark constitutional lawsuit against the U.S. government 10 years ago are taking their quest for justice to an international tribunal. The nonprofit law firm, ...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change Elisa Morgera on Thursday stated that climate change has negatively impacted the ...

Minority rights and climate change are inextricably linked to one another, and we cannot win the fight against climate change without recognizing the benefits that indigenous populations around the ...

With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.UN High Commissioner ...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded. Also, the three-year warming ...