| Titre : |
Climate justice for a changing planet : a primer for policy makers and the NGOs |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Barbara Adams, Auteur ; Gretchen Luchsinger, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
UN-NGLS |
| Année de publication : |
2009 |
| Importance : |
64 p. |
| Note générale : |
06.02.ADA |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Environnement
|
| Tags : |
Développement durable Justice climatique ONG Réchauffement climatique |
| Index. décimale : |
06.02 Développement durable |
| Résumé : |
There is little doubt that climate change will lead to unprecedented changes in the natural environment, which will in turn affect the way we live, with potentially dramatic consequences on our health, energy sources and food production systems.
There is also increasing recognition that these impacts are being felt disproportionately by poor people who already live under precarious conditions. Climate change, with its many facets, further exacerbates existing inequalities faced by these vulnerable groups. It threatens to undermine the realization of fundamental rights for many people and to reverse progress made towards the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is a global justice concern that those who suffer most from climate change have done the least to cause it.
The concept of climate justice acknowledges that because the world’s richest countries have contributed most to the problem, they have a greater obligation to take action and to do so more quickly. However, many fear that whatever international agreement is reached between governments, it will compound the already unjust burden on the poor and vulnerable. A rapidly growing number of social movements and civil society organizations across the world are mobilizing around this climate justice agenda. Citizens from both the South and the North are drawn to this concept, in part, because many are already experiencing the impacts of climate change and they worry about the fate of their families, homes and livelihoods.
Climate Justice for a Changing Planet: A Primer for Policy Makers and NGOs shines a light on the important intersection of equity and justice in the context of the current climate change debate. The book explores climate justice as an emerging concept and as a key to understanding the global debate. The book demonstrates that climate justice is not only an ethical imperative, but also an economic and social one. |
| En ligne : |
https://www.un-ngls.org/index.php/23-publications/policy-booklets/1589-climate-j [...] |
Climate justice for a changing planet : a primer for policy makers and the NGOs [texte imprimé] / Barbara Adams, Auteur ; Gretchen Luchsinger, Auteur . - [S.l.] : UN-NGLS, 2009 . - 64 p. 06.02.ADA Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Environnement
|
| Tags : |
Développement durable Justice climatique ONG Réchauffement climatique |
| Index. décimale : |
06.02 Développement durable |
| Résumé : |
There is little doubt that climate change will lead to unprecedented changes in the natural environment, which will in turn affect the way we live, with potentially dramatic consequences on our health, energy sources and food production systems.
There is also increasing recognition that these impacts are being felt disproportionately by poor people who already live under precarious conditions. Climate change, with its many facets, further exacerbates existing inequalities faced by these vulnerable groups. It threatens to undermine the realization of fundamental rights for many people and to reverse progress made towards the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is a global justice concern that those who suffer most from climate change have done the least to cause it.
The concept of climate justice acknowledges that because the world’s richest countries have contributed most to the problem, they have a greater obligation to take action and to do so more quickly. However, many fear that whatever international agreement is reached between governments, it will compound the already unjust burden on the poor and vulnerable. A rapidly growing number of social movements and civil society organizations across the world are mobilizing around this climate justice agenda. Citizens from both the South and the North are drawn to this concept, in part, because many are already experiencing the impacts of climate change and they worry about the fate of their families, homes and livelihoods.
Climate Justice for a Changing Planet: A Primer for Policy Makers and NGOs shines a light on the important intersection of equity and justice in the context of the current climate change debate. The book explores climate justice as an emerging concept and as a key to understanding the global debate. The book demonstrates that climate justice is not only an ethical imperative, but also an economic and social one. |
| En ligne : |
https://www.un-ngls.org/index.php/23-publications/policy-booklets/1589-climate-j [...] |
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