Human rights and climate change - Humphreys, Stephen, 1971- (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Introduction: Human rights and climate change / Stephen Humphreys -- Competing claims : human rights and climate harms / Stephen Humphreys -- Climate change, human rights and moral thresholds / Simon Caney -- Equitable utilization of the atmosphere : a rights-based approach to climate change? / Dinah Shelton -- Climate change, human rights and corporate accountability / Peter Newell -- Rethinking human rights : the impact of climate change on the dominant discourse / Sam Adelman -- The Kyoto Protocol and vulnerability : human rights and equity dimensions / Philippe Cullet -- Forests, climate change and human rights : managing risks and trade-offs / Frances Seymour -- Climate change and the right to the highest attainable standard of health / Paul Hunt and Rajat Khosla -- Human rights and vulnerability to climate change / Jon Barnett -- Climate change, evolution of disasters and inequality / John C. Mutter and Kye Mesa Barnard -- Conceiving justice : articulating common causes in distinct regimes / Stephen Humphreys.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Human rights; Climatic changes -- Law and legislation; Global warming -- Law and legislation; Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Developing countries