Source material and useful links

Statement on the human rights obligations related to climate change, with a particular focus on the right to life by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment

Climate Action Tracker individual country pledges for greenhouse gas emission reductions

Climate Justice Finance

Adaptation Gap Report 2020 from UN Environment Programme

Explainer: Dealing with the ‘loss and damage’ caused by climate change – from Carbon Brief

Why the climate crisis is a humanitarian emergency from UN Humanitarian

Climate Change and Displacement

UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition

Platform on Disaster Displacement

Climate Litigation

Client Earth

Scientists Can Now Blame Individual Natural Disasters on Climate Change – from Scientific American

(Un)Natural Disasters: Communicating Linkages Between Extreme Events and Climate Change – from World Meteorological Organization

Interview with James Thornton, head of public interest law firm Client Earth, explaining how the law can be harnessed for the good of people and the planet, from DW

more Climate Justice briefings (updated May 2021)
The Case for Climate Justice
Climate Justice in International Law
Climate Justice Finance
Climate Displacement
Climate Litigation
Source material and useful links

Recent news and opinion about Climate Justice

Africa objects to US chairing UN climate fund

26/1/2023: African board members have raised an objection to the nomination of a US official to jointly lead the UN flagship Green Climate Fund. The US has contributed just $1 billion to the fund in its 12-year history, compared to $9bn from EU countries and $3bn from Japan.

Source: Climate Home News

Which countries might benefit from a loss and damage fund?

8/12/2022: The recent COP27 climate talks in Egypt agreed to establish a new fund for climate loss and damage, but not which countries might benefit from it. There are varying interpretations of the concept of vulnerability to extreme weather events.

Source: Climate Home News

COP27 was a mirage in the Sinai deserts

29/11/2022: Sunita Narain argues that the outcome of COP27 was the worst in the history of these negotiations. Decisions were either no-decisions or regressive. There is no meaningful approach to loss and damage unless it is framed in terms of liability and compensation.

Source: Down to Earth

What was decided at COP27 climate talks

20/11/2022: Developing countries got the loss and damage fund they fought for at COP27, on the proviso that the burden of paying into it does not all fall on rich governments. A transitional committee will look into what funding is needed and where the money should come from.

Source: Climate Home News

African activists oppose local fossil fuel developments

17/11/2022: African delegations have exploited COP27 to embrace the new scramble for oil and gas in the continent. according to Greenpeace. However, African activists pledge concerted resistance to local fossil fuel expansion.

Source: Greenpeace International

UN climate summit set for tough negotiations in final week

11/11/2022: Developing countries showed a united front during the first week of COP27 on the need for a dedicated fund for loss and damage, ideally financed by taxes on fossil fuel firms. Notably, the conference is being attended by over 6,000 members of coal, oil and gas companies.

Source: China Dialogue

COP27: It’s Africa’s time to lead

7/11/2022: The lack of momentum at COP27 may create space for Africa to take charge of its energy and climate future. The response of richer countries to recent multiple global crises undermines established principles for climate negotiations.

Source: African Arguments

Climate loss and damage: what does compensation look like?

2/11/2022: The question of payments for loss and damage has been a long-standing point of negotiation at UN climate conferences. With the terrible flooding in Pakistan fresh in the memory, many developing countries are looking to COP27 as a crucial moment for making progress.

Source: The Conversation

COP27: Only together can we win

1/11/2022: A leading climate activist from India calls on wealthy countries to restore trust in collective leadership at COP27. The world can do this by commitment to financing climate loss and damage that the countries of the South are experiencing.

Source: DownToEarth

UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2022

1/11/2022: UNEP's annual climate adaptation report is titled: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk. Finance flows to developing countries for adaptation are a small fraction of the requirement. Estimated annual adaptation needs are $160-340 billion by 2030.

Source: UN Environment Programme

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