17 MARCH 2015
The deputy high commissioner for human rights, Flavia Pansieri, has said human-induced climate change is not only an assault on the world’s shared ecosystem but also weakens people’s rights in various fields.
“It undercuts the rights to health, to food, to water and sanitation, to adequate housing and – for the people of small island states and coastal communities – even the right to self-determination,” she said in a panel discussion at the Human Rights Council last week.
Source: Jakarta News