The impact of loss and damage from the adverse effects of climate change on human rights
Issued by
OHCHR
Last updated
18 March 2024
Closed
Submissions now online (See below)
Issued by
OHCHR
Last updated
18 March 2024
Closed
Submissions now online (See below)
The Human Rights Council has recognized the importance for all countries of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow-onset events. The Council has, among other things, called upon States to enhance international cooperation and reiterated the urgency of scaling up action, in particular in financing, the transfer of technology and capacity-building, for mitigation and adaptation measures and to assist developing countries in averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage, especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
Call for inputs for Secretary-General’s analytical study on loss and damage
Human Rights Council resolution 53/6 of 7 July 2023 (A/HRC/RES/53/6) entitled “Human rights and climate change” requested the Secretary-General to consult Member States and other relevant stakeholders in order to conduct and submit to the fifty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council an analytical study on the impact of loss and damage from the adverse effects of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights, exploring equity-based approaches and solutions to addressing the same.
To inform the analytical study, OHCHR transmitted a Note Verbale and Questionnaire (English / Français) to Member States, NGOs, UN Agencies, IGOs, Academic Institutions and NHRIs, inviting them to respond to the questionnaire and provide input. The inputs received will be made available on this webpage.
Argentina National Human Rights Institution
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
Danish Institute for Human Rights
Human Rights Ombudsperson Institution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ombudsman of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia
Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center
Amnesty International and Center for International Environmental Law
Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad
Association of Reintegration of Crimea
Centre for Health Science and Law
Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Environmental Rights Organization (EROG) Network
Franciscans International, Sinfrajupe and the Anglican Communion
IMAL Initiative for Climate and Development
International Dalit Solidarity Network
Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights
Mouvman Famn Mouvman Peyizan Papaye (MPP) et Mouvman Peyizan Nasyonal Kongre Papay (MPKNP)
Rights and Resources Initiative
Save the Children International
Stockholm Environment Institute and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund
STRENGTH (Strengthening Loss & Damage Response Capacity in the Global South)
Global Justice Clinic, NYU School of Law
Global Labor Institute, Cornell University
Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
Rule of Law Center, SZABIST University
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Permafrost Pathways
Acasia Broomes, Research Officer
André Francisco Pilon, University of São Paulo
Jean-Paul BYA'UNDAOMBE LONGYE, Université Espoir du Congo, Coordinator of the CNETZERO DRC
Karen E. McNamara, University of Queensland
Leonardo Bernardes Guimarães and Gabriela Soldano Garcez, Catholic University of Santos