Stop Burning Our Rights! What Govts and Corporations Must Do to Protect Humanity From the Climate Crisis
- Author:
- Amnesty International
- Publisher:
- Amnesty International
- Publication Date:
- 1 June 2021
- Tags:
- Africa
The climate emergency is a human rights crisis of unprecedented proportions. Climate change threatens the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of present and future generations and, ultimately, the future of humanity. When climate change-related impacts hit a country or a community, the knock-on effects can seriously undermine the enjoyment of the right to life lived in dignity, endanger a range of freedoms, and in many cases even put at risk the cultural survival of entire peoples.
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