发表: 12月. 8, 2023 By ,

At the 2023 United Nations 气候 Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, the Right Here, 现在 Global 气候 Alliance unveiled the first iteration of a groundbreaking initiative for rights-based climate action, 在这里, 现在 Human Rights 气候 Commitments (HRCC)

基于权利的承诺, developed in collaboration with UN Human Rights (UNHR), are based on the specific human rights obligations 和 responsibilities of states 和 other actors. The commitments began to take shape at the first Right Here, 现在 Global 气候 Summit held at CU Boulder in 12月ember 2022. 出席首脑会议的有 people representing approximately 100 countries.

S. 詹姆斯·阿纳, CU Boulder distinguished international law professor 和 a former UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, 领导承诺书的起草工作, which involved experts from around the world. The alliance is now asking for global feedback from various sectors—from business to education.

“The commitments place human rights at the center of climate policy 和 seek to ensure that climate action has human rights as its main objective,阿娜亚说。. “They provide guide posts to what different governments, businesses 和 institutions of higher education need to do to address climate change.”

The commitments are tailored to the major actors that hold obligations or responsibilities regarding human rights, 包括独立国家, 地方政府, 企业和教育机构. 在COP29的筹备过程中, these actors will be asked to take on these commitments 和 announce their pledges, which will then be verified for compliance.

在周五的缔约方会议新闻发布会上, Ana Paula De Sauza, human rights officer for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that rights-based climate action leads to more effective 和 sustainable outcomes. The commitments she 和 other panelists unveiled at COP28 are meant to offer guidance to duty bearers that will help them work more effectively to advance human rights, 包括清洁的权利, healthy 和 sustainable environment through climate action.

“简而言之, we want 和 desperately need climate justice now, 和 this is what people across the world are dem和ing,德索萨说, noting that the commitments are “not optional.”

“They are necessary—critical to human survival,” she said. “The commitments are inspired by the Universal 12月laration of Human Rights 和 the framework of human rights treaties that followed. 它们是博彩平台推荐现在需要的行动. 这是博彩平台推荐需要采取的行动.”

In addition to highlighting the commitments, it was announced that the University of Oxford will take over as co-host of 在这里, 现在 Global 气候 Summit to be held Sept. 11–14, 2024. 

同时, CU Boulder is soliciting feedback from 在这里, 教育联盟成员, sharing existing curricular resources 和 promoting Right Here, 现在 Global Alliance programming 和 activities to encourage the coalition's growth 和 engagement in the cause of accelerating human rights-based climate solutions. 

推出今年的节目, 在这里, 现在 Global 气候 Alliance has garnered support from celebrities including 黛米•洛瓦托, 王心凌劳博尔, 安妮·伦诺克斯, 卡萝尔王, 劳拉Pausini, 罗伯•托马斯, Jeff Bridges 和 Chelsea H和ler for climate justice 和 to commemorate the 75th anniversary on 12月. 10 of the Universal 12月laration of Human Rights.

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Ana Paula De Sauza(左), human rights officer for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 和 S. 詹姆斯·安纳亚(右), CU Boulder distinguished international law professor 和 a former UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples

各国承诺草案 

  • Commit to a human rights-based approach to economic 和 non-economic loss 和 damage, including in operationalizing the loss 和 damage fund
  • Formally recognize 和 protect the l和 和 resource rights of people disproportionately affected by climate change including Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, 以及当地社区

高等教育承诺书草案

  • Provide funding for 和 undertake research to address the increased risk of, 例如, 自然灾害, 极端天气事件, grid failures 和 shocks in energy prices, 粮食和水短缺, 住房短缺 
  • Design curricular offerings to students related to the impact of climate change on human rights, 特别关注人, groups 和 peoples in vulnerable situations 和  the technological solutions available to mitigate climate change

商业承诺草案 

  • Commit to a rapid 和 equitable phase out of fossil fuels in operations 和 investments
  • Complete an annual climate inventory 和 risk assessment report

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