Philip Alston, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Discusses His Recent Report, "Climate Change and Poverty" (August 28th)
Philip Alston, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Discusses His Recent Report, "Climate Change and Poverty" (August 28th)
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Listen Now In late June, Professor Philip Alston, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, published "Climate Change and Poverty." The 20-page report is unsparing in its criticism of the response, or lack thereof, by corporations, governments, NGOs and the human rights community to the climate crisis, moreover their response concerning the effect the crisis will have on the poor - whom will disproportionately bear the burden of climate emergency. "Government, and too many in the human rights community," he wrote, "have failed to seriously address climate change for decades." "Most human rights bodies have barely begun," he stated, "to grapple with what climate change portends for human rights." "There is no recognition of the need for seep social and economic transformation." As a result, "Climate change threatens to undo the last 50 years of progress in development, global health and poverty reduction." Professor Alston concludes his report by writing, "The human rights community, with a few notable exceptions, has been every bit as complacent as most governments in the face of the ultimate challenge to mankind represented by climate change. The steps taken by most United Nations human rights bodies have been patently inadequate and premised on forms of incremental managerialism and proceduralism which are entirely disproportionate to the urgency and magnitude of the threat. Ticking boxes will not save humanity or the planet from impending disaster." (This discussion is my 10th concerning the climate crisis over the past 2 plus years.)
Philip Alston, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Discusses His Recent Report, "Climate Change and Poverty" (August 28th)
Philip Alston, the United Nations' Special…
Philip Alston, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Discusses His Recent Report, "Climate Change and Poverty" (August 28th)
Listen Now In late June, Professor Philip Alston, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, published "Climate Change and Poverty." The 20-page report is unsparing in its criticism of the response, or lack thereof, by corporations, governments, NGOs and the human rights community to the climate crisis, moreover their response concerning the effect the crisis will have on the poor - whom will disproportionately bear the burden of climate emergency. "Government, and too many in the human rights community," he wrote, "have failed to seriously address climate change for decades." "Most human rights bodies have barely begun," he stated, "to grapple with what climate change portends for human rights." "There is no recognition of the need for seep social and economic transformation." As a result, "Climate change threatens to undo the last 50 years of progress in development, global health and poverty reduction." Professor Alston concludes his report by writing, "The human rights community, with a few notable exceptions, has been every bit as complacent as most governments in the face of the ultimate challenge to mankind represented by climate change. The steps taken by most United Nations human rights bodies have been patently inadequate and premised on forms of incremental managerialism and proceduralism which are entirely disproportionate to the urgency and magnitude of the threat. Ticking boxes will not save humanity or the planet from impending disaster." (This discussion is my 10th concerning the climate crisis over the past 2 plus years.)