for Tread Softly background briefings on Climate Justice
Advocacy and Campaigns
Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
News and Analysis
UN Negotiations
Preamble and Text of Paris Agreement
Task force on displacement related to the adverse effects of climate change
A Short(ish) History of the UN Climate Summits – infographic from The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit
Science and Data
Global Warming of 1.5C – Summary for Policymakers from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Emissions Gap Report 2020 from UN Environment Programme
Climate Justice
Incorporating Human Rights into Climate Action from Mary Robinson Foundation
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
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
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