Climate change is not only having a devastating impact on the environments we live in, but also on respect for human rights globally, the UN warned Monday, urging collective action. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet cited the civil wars sparked by a warming planet and the plight of indigenous people
1 / 2Bachelet cited the plight of indigenous people in an Amazon ravaged by wildfires and deforestation as an example of human rights violationsBachelet cited the plight of indigenous people in an Amazon ravaged by wildfires and deforestation as an example of human rights violations Geneva - Climate change is not only having a devastating impact on the environments we live in, but also on respect for human rights globally, the UN warned Monday, urging collective action.
"The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this scope," she told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. "The storm accelerated with unprecedented speed over an ocean warmed by climate shifts, becoming one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever to hit land," Bachelet said. "The fires currently raging across the rainforest may have catastrophic impact on humanity as a whole, but their worst effects are suffered by the women, men and children who live in these areas," she said.She urged authorities in Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil to"ensure the implementation of longstanding environmental policies ... thus preventing future tragedies."
In the Sahel region of Africa for instance, degradation of arable land"is intensifying competition for already scarce resources," she said. This in turn exacerbates ethnic tensions, and fuels violence and political instability, she added.
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