Development, Climate Change and Human Rights from the Margins to the Mainstream?

Since 2005, a growing number of vulnerable communities and nations have used the human rights lexicon to argue their case for an urgent and ambitious response to climate change. The purpose of this Social Development Department Working paper is to...

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Main Author:	Cameron, Edward
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE ATMOSPHERE BIODIVERSITY CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON SINKS CASH CROPS CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSES CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE REGIME CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE-RELATED EVENTS CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONVERGENCE CORAL REEFS CULTURAL RIGHTS CYCLE OF POVERTY CYCLONES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DISABILITY DISASTERS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISEASES DIVERGENCE DRAFT RESOLUTION DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ETHNIC CLEANSING EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE RISKS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOREST FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER INEQUALITIES GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL COMPACT GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GLOBAL TEMPERATURE GLOBAL WARMING GOOD GOVERNANCE GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH RISKS HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DIMENSIONS HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN LIFE HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HUMAN SECURITY HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HUMIDITY HURRICANES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFORMED CONSENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS INTERNATIONAL LAW LAND USE LIVING CONDITIONS LOW-CARBON MALARIA MENTAL HEALTH METHANE MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL SECURITY NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PESTICIDES POLICY MAKERS POLICY REGIME POLITICAL ACTION POLITICAL RIGHTS POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY PRACTITIONERS PRECIPITATION PREVENTABLE DISEASES PROGRESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SUPPORT RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL PATTERNS REGIONAL AGREEMENTS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RIGHT TO LIFE RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE RURAL WOMEN SAFE DRINKING WATER SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE SECURITY OF PERSON SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL SYSTEMS SOCIAL UNREST SOCIETAL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE SOIL EROSION SPECIES SPONSORS STORM SURGES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE INCREASE TEMPERATURE RISES THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TREATIES TREATY TROPICAL STORMS TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WATER SALINITY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WORKFORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/868991468330311558/Development-climate-change-and-human-rights-from-the-margins-to-the-mainstream http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27308