Climate change mitigation as a human right
Coming with us? Foreign policy walk on the theme of “Climate change mitigation as a human right”.
A walk with…
_Prof. Dr. iur. Helen Keller, Chair for Public Law at Zürich University, former judge in the European Court of Human Rights
_Prof. Dr. Sonia I. Seneviratne, Professor of Land-Climate Dynamics at ETH Zurich
Meeting Point: Malbun Jöraboda bus stop, Route Sass-Weg Malbun
Target audience: Anyone who is interested
Anmeldung: Limited number of participants, registration required with .
Programme
Heatwaves, droughts, hurricanes, flooding, melting glaciers – the effects of climate change are omnipresent today. UN Secretary General Guterres has even talked about the “fight of our lives”, which we are in danger of losing.
What role can the courts play in the fight against climate change? In recent years the number of climate-related complaints before them has soared worldwide. The European Court of Human Rights has also received climate-related applications. People of all ages, both young and old, have brought cases before the Court because they consider that their human rights have been infringed as a consequence of climate change.
Courts have to answer the question as to what extent human rights are violated by climate change. They must also address the issue of whether States have a legal obligation to protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change.
On our walk together with the two experts, we will learn more about global warming, extreme climate events and the question of whether climate-related legal complaints could be one response for tackling progressive climate change. Fellow walkers will have the opportunity to put questions to the experts and also engage in one-to-one discussion with them.
