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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate impacts as human rights violations It’s widely accepted that climate change is the cause of human rights violations for millions of people, including their rights to adequate housing, healthy working conditions, safe drinking water, education, and a healthy environment.

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Africa’s Advisory Opinion Request: Taking Climate Justice to the Continent’s Highest Court

Law Columbia

24, African Charter), the right to education (art. The request notes that, as a result of the climate crisis, several human rights are affected, including the right to life (art. 4, African Charter), the right to health (art. 16, African Charter), the right to economic, social, and cultural development (art.