THE ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE

Abstract

Economic globalization impacts the environment, climate change and sustainable development
in myriad ways. Climate change impacts human rights. Climate change can cause human rights
violations and therefore is a matter of human rights issue. The environment should indeed be
appropriately managed to make it favorable to human life. However, the efforts to protect the
environment often need help with locus-stand, justifiability, and conflict between developmental
efforts and environmental protection. The human rights perspectives tellthe human community
that climate change is damaging human civilization and human life. We already feel the adverse
impact of the ozone layer damaging greenhouse emissions. Effects of climate change and means
to ameliorate those harmful effects can impact persons and society. It is those communities that
are susceptible to hazardous consequences of climate change are thosepeople who are closely
linked with Nature. Climate change also can destroy cultures, make people homeless, and strip
them off their livelihood. The paper aims to interrogate various arguments about human rights
and climate change to assess their coherence and consistency and evaluate competing
perspectives. The paper also tries to analyze the implications and solutions of climate change on
human rights