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
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Recent news and opinion about Climate Justice

How COP26 can deliver finance for Loss and Damage

20/12/2021: COP26 established the “Glasgow Dialogue”to explore ways to fund Loss and Damage, the cost of extreme climate disasters. A scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute suggests five principles for the Dialogue.

Source: Climate Home News

What needs to change to hit the $100B climate finance target?

15/12/2021: At COP 26 in November, high-income nations deferred their target of $100 billion of annual climate finance from 2020 to 2023. But climate change experts say there are no consistent standards for measuring this finance.

Source: Devex

How the World Bank can be bolder on climate finance

25/11/2021: Earlier this year, the World Bank committed to align its policies with the Paris climate accord by July 2023, setting an example for other development banks. Observers were disappointed not to see a clear road map at COP26 as promised.

Source: Devex

Climate injustice at Glasgow Cop-out

23/11/2021: The negative perspective on the outcome of COP26 sees developing countries as betrayed yet again. Wealthy countries, especially the US and the European Union, have successfully evaded serious commitments to address the injustice of global warming.

Source: Inter Press Service

COP26: key outcomes from the UN climate talks

17/11/2021: A considered summary from the World Resources Institute. The long-awaited COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has made important progress in a number of areas — but not enough. The world still remains off track to beat back the climate crisis.

Source: World Resources Institute

Countries strike ‘uncomfortable’ climate deal in Glasgow

13/11/2021: The package agreed at COP26 cites coal for the first time and finalises the Paris Agreement rulebook, but is weak on finance for vulnerable nations. The Glasgow Climate Pact asks countries to come back with stronger climate plans in 2022.

Source: Climate Home News

COP26 impasse on finance for adaptation, loss and damage

9/11/2021: Latest estimates of adaptation costs in developing countries, together with the risk of loss and damage, stretch far ahead of the climate finance on offer. Climate change is moving faster than the finance needed to deal with it and COP26 lacks answers.

Source: China Dialogue

Developing countries quantify post-2025 climate finance needs

8/11/2021: African nations are calling for climate finance of at least $1.3 trillion per annum to be mobilised from 2025. They may propose specific goals for grants, mitigation and adaptation.

Source: Climate Home News

COP26 has no answer to finance for loss and damage

8/11/2021: Climate finance negotiations at COP26 mainly focus on helping countries develop their green economies, reduce emissions, and adapt to a warmer world. The issue of loss and damage is excluded because richer countries fear they could be held liable for every extreme weather event.

Source: DW

Support for vulnerable nations critical to COP26

6/11/2021: Progress on support for vulnerable countries is likely to dictate the outcome of COP26. On top of adaptation finance, these countries are calling for additional funds for loss and damage caused by climate impacts.

Source: Climate Home News

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