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Robust accountability processes and mechanisms are an essential component of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In our recent SDG SERIES, contributors repeatedly called for human rights to underpin these processes and mechanisms. In…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left); Christiana Figueres (left); Laurent Fabius (second right) and François Hollande (right) celebrate after the historic adoption of Paris Agreement on climate change. Alison Blaiklock  During the long…

Leigh Haynes People are experiencing the health consequences of climate change and the activities driving climate change every day—from extreme weather to breathing toxic air and drinking contaminated water. The human right to health cannot be…

Sustainable Student Action (SSA) at a divestment rally in the Seattle University Quad. (image credit Backbone Campaign) Alice Munro It is well understood that reducing global carbon emissions would generate immediate health benefits, from reducing…

Introduction by Mary Robinson I am delighted to welcome and launch this Health and Human Rights Journal series on climate change, COP21 and the right to health. The initiative is timely; on Monday October 19, 2015, climate negotiators will reconvene…

TPPA protests in Auckland, New Zealand (photo courtesy of Rhys Jones) Alexia Fourage Climate change threatens the right to health. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is already responsible for approximately 150,000…