Module 8, Track 5: Human And Environmental Rights
Description
This module will introduce learners to the concepts of climate change, its causes, impacts and appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies. It will cover the core debates that address myths peddled by climate change denialists and anti-environmentalism, as well as evolutions and distinctions between climate action and climate justice.
What you'll learn
- Understand the fundamental concepts, causes, and impacts of climate change.
- Explore key adaptation and mitigation strategies in response to the climate crisis.
- Examine the evolution of climate action and the principles of climate justice.
- Critically analyze common myths and arguments from climate change denialists.
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 5 Lessons
- 2 Days
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- Session 1This session will provide an overview of international human rights law, including treaty law and interpretation, key human rights instruments, and enforcement of human rights law. The session will also review national laws and regulations that provide an entry point for environmental and climate justice advocacy through a case study on environmental justice litigation1
- Session 2This session will explore some of the primary critiques of human rights work, including the foundations, methods, ethics, language, and effects of human rights. It examines how the field replicates many of the hierarchies and power imbalances that it seeks to remedy.1
- Session 3This session will also cover the source and nature of environmental and climate-related human rights abuse. It will explore how environmental and climatic change leads to or constitutes human rights abuses, as well as how attempts to address environmental and climatic challenges can violate the rights of individuals and communities.1
- Session 4This session will focus on campaigning actions that pose risks to frontline actors. Campaign actors and activists must be in the lead in identifying risks and taking measures to limit their levels of exposure to such risks.1
- Session 6This session exposes the participants to the role of strategic litigation in advancing the imperatives of climate justice and in supporting campaigns to realize their aspirations.3
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