This course offers an in-depth look at the relationship between human rights and climate change; to brush up on your knowledge or go more in-depth on human rights.
This course is offered byAMNESTY International human right education platform. By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Detail how climate change is a major human rights issue
- Define and express key terms and concepts related to human rights and climate change
- Outline the numerous inequalities of climate change, including their causes and consequences across regions and demographics
- Critically evaluate both the mutual supportiveness and possible tensions between human rights and climate change action
- Differentiate between different types of climate change response measures that protect and promote human rights
- Identify human rights-based mechanisms, tools and tactics to shape climate action
- Analyze state and corporate responsibilities in tackling climate change
- Challenge the hostility and antagonism faced by environmental human rights defenders and explain why their work is crucial
- Build connections between the human rights and climate justice movements
- Take action to promote human rights and climate justice
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