JOURNAL ARTICLE

Human Rights in the Face of the Climate Crisis: What Role for the Local Level? THE EXAMPLE OF THE EUROPEAN URBAN CHARTER III (2023).

  • Published In: Journal for Human Rights / Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte, 2024, v. 18, n. 1. P. 66 1 of 3

  • Database: Political Science Complete 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Binder, Christina 3 of 3

Abstract

The contribution explores human rights in the face of the climate crisis from a two-fold perspective. First, it applies a human rights-based approach to the multiple and complex interrelations between human rights and climate change. Second, it examines the possible role of the local level, especially of cities, when it comes to countering climate change. In so doing, it argues that local authorities have an increasingly important role to implement and uphold human rights in face of the climate crisis. Especially the European Urban Charter III, as adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in October 2023, exemplifies the relevance of cities in the fight against climate change, in line with the human rights-based approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal for Human Rights / Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte. 2024/01, Vol. 18, Issue 1, p66
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1864-6492
  • DOI:10.46499/2362.3129
  • Accession Number:178548927
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