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Human Rights and Climate Change: Connecting the Dots

2 September 2016

This Policy Brief discusses how human rights apply in the context of climate change, the growing role of climate change litigation and concrete recommendations for future policy.

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Roundtable Summary drafted by Naseer Chia, Matthias Mueller and Joshua Warland, MSc Global Governance and Ethics, UCL

In June 2016, Unicef UK and UCL's Global Governance Institute convened a roundtable of international experts, drawn from various disciplines, to discuss how human rights apply in the context of climate change, the growing role of climate change litigation and concrete policy recommendations for next steps.

This report serves as a summary of the event's discussions, which were held under Chatham House Rule. Please find the full document here: Human Rights & Climate Change: Connecting the Dots (PDF)