Climate Change & Human Rights
The interdependence and interrelatedness of human rights and the environment was first recognised in Principle 1 of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration. However, it was not until the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 that a major international normative instrument on climate change made explicit reference to human rights. As the scientific community has arrived at a consensus on the ways in which climate change affects the human population, there has also been an increase in discourse around the nature of the linkages between climate change and human rights. Through its research, the Climate and Environment Initiative (CEI) explores the different ways in which climate change and human rights are inextricably linked and how international human rights law can provide an avenue to tackle climate change.
Blogs

Postcolonial Ecofeminism in Pakistan: The Woman’s Narrative
This article employs the voice of ecofeminsm instead of exploring climate justice exclusively from a postcolonial lens.

Assessing the Role of the UN Human Rights Council in Addressing Climate Change
This article assesses the role of the UN HRC in addressing climate change and proposes recommendations to enable the HRC to better fulfil their aims.

The Rise of Rights-Based Climate Change Litigation in Pakistan
This article explores the rise of rights-based climate change litigation in Pakistan.

Legal Rights of Nature: Do Ecosystems Carry Legal Standing?
This article aims to discuss the possibility of natural ecosystems bearing rights as legal entities.

Climate Change and Human Rights: An Introduction
This article explores the links between climate change & human rights, and how international human rights law can help tackle climate change.