Demonstrating how climate change is driving human rights violations could be a key to motivating action on the climate, according to experts at the the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Secretary-General's climate summit. (Reporting by Laurie Goering @lauriegoering; editing by Megan Rowling. While some nations have failed to take appropriate action to save the climate, most accept their responsibilities to protect human rights, according to Bertha Zuniga Caceres , chairman of UN at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice . By showing that inaction on the environment causes human rights violations, like famine and migration, organisations such as New York University aim to galvanise public protests and legal steps to push governments to act.
Demonstrating how climate change is driving human rights violations could be a key to motivating action on the climate, according to experts at the the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Secretary-General's climate summit. While some nations have failed to take appropriate action to save the climate, most accept their responsibilities to protect human rights, according to Bertha Zuniga Caceres , chairman of UN at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice . By showing that inaction on the environment causes human rights violations, like famine and migration, organisations such as New York University aim to galvanise public protests and legal steps to push governments to act.