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Climate Change Is a Human Rights Crisis

When we understand how climate change violates universal human rights, we can better understand how to develop effective climate solutions. The Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit focused on the impacts of climate change on human rights, the obligations from each area of civil society and the actions to take toward climate solutions.

Universal Rights

 

The Right to Life

 

The Right to Self-Determination & Development

 

The Right to Health

 

The Right to Food

 

The Right to Water & Sanitation

 

The Right to Adequate Housing

 

Cultural Rights

RHRN Educator’s Guide

The Right Here! Right Now Global Climate Summit offers curriculum to all educators who wish to bring the conversation to the classroom. The educator’s guide draws from well-established and reviewed lesson plans designed to inspire action and understanding.

Guides are free and available to all.

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Impacts

Learn how climate change directly and disproportionately impacts communities and people around the world in vulnerable situations.

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Obligations

Understand how the climate crisis is a global problem that requires global solutions—including roles and responsibilities of all levels of civil society.

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Solutions

Explore what it means to implement a whole-of-society approach to climate change and human rights, and how we can adopt effective, international, multistakeholder solutions.

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