Monday, August 18, 2014

Climate Justice and the Right to Health

Health and Human Rights Journal, Volume 16 Issue 1 is a special issue titled Climate Justice and the Right to Health. The Journal, published June 2014, contains articles which examine the links between climate justice and the right to health, including an analysis of the links between the right to food and the right to health in the context of increasing dependency on food aid of low nutritional value.

In the Foreword to the special issue, Mary Robinson writes ”The report also clarifies that while people all over the world are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, the poor and marginalized are the most vulnerable. With this in mind, I believe that the world needs to respond with a climate justice approach to shape a global response that is rights-based in its actions to lower emissions and build resilience.”

See full Press Release: http://www.mrfcj.org/news/climate-justice-and-the-right-health-journal.html