Climate Change: A Human Rights Opportunity
- Abstract
A restaurant near Shanghai is charging customers a “clean air fee” to breathe unpolluted air. This is a response to air pollution levels hitting “red alert” status. It begs the question: is a healthy living environment a human right or a commodity?Last December, I attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) to study the role of public health in the climate change movement. At this conference of over 30,000 global leaders and concerned citizens, there was a rift between those who valued a profit-driven approach and those who valued a human rights approach to deal with climate change.
- Resource Type
- Blog Post
- Author
- The Huffington Post
- Date
- February 1, 2016
- Organization Type
- News
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Overview/general
- Other
- Climate and environmental justice/health equity